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Latino Holiday Gifts for Kids – 2023 Holiday Gift Guide
Here are our favorite gifts for kids of all ages made by Latino businesses.
Known for her powerful voice and eccentric style, Celia Cruz has become one of the most popular singers in the world—having won scores of awards, including gold records! ¡AZUCAR!
In this biography book you’ll introduce little ones to her remarkable life. Known as the “Queen of Salsa”, the incomparable music of Celia Cruz continues to be sugar to our ears.
Authors: Patty Rodriguez and Ariana Stein
Illustrator: Citlali Reyes
Dimensions: 6.75″ x 6.75″
Weight: 11 oz
Ariana Stein and Patty Rodriguez
Lil’ Libros was born out of a deep desire to make a positive impact on our littlest ones. It all began in Los Angeles when two friends and mothers, Patty Rodriguez and Ariana Stein came together with a vision to create captivating books that they did not have access to growing up—books that celebrate cultural diversity and bilingual literature in English and Spanish with boundless enthusiasm and a commitment to quality, they embarked on a journey to ignite the imaginations of children everywhere!
Your children will fall in love with Coco’s story and this plush toy. This book bundle includes the book and the Puerto Rican parrot plush toy.
Coco la cotorra puertorriquena children’s book. (Spanish Edition)
The plush toy is 8 1/4 inches tall, soft, and plushy.
Coco Bilingual Board Game
Meet Coco the Puerto Rican Parrot also known as “iguaca” its taíno indigenous name and Amazona vittata its scientific name.
Maria Dueñas Jacobs
An accessories aficionado, Maria Dueñas Jacobs came from the glossy world of magazines to join the community of small but mighty entrepreneurs. She founded Super Smalls to combine her love of ornate artisan objects with her passion for all things #MomLife and kid-centric fun.
With three (super) small daughters, Maria’s family home is a headquarters of dress-up, make-believe, and serious laughter. Influenced by her girls’ inventive dreams, fearless imaginations, and VERY honest feedback, Super Smalls was born. No need for “borrowing” Mom’s jewels when they’ve got their own!
Keepin’ the little ones styled and protected! with the Virgencita!
We dare you not to fall in love with these adorable 100% Cotton T-Shirts. With a wide range of kids’ sizes, you can knock off a bunch of the kiddos on your list with this stylish and meaningful gift.
Original Art by SpecOne
Sizes available for 1 to 12 year olds.
MADE TO ORDER-SHIPS IN 1-2 WEEKS
Colors Available: Pink, White, Black
Noelle Reyes and Danell Hughes
Mujer Lifestyle & Apparel brand inspired by our Vida, Resistencia y Cultura. Mi Vida es nuestra familia. We fully support DIY ideology and hand-crafted artwork, jewelry, fashion and home decor. Our chicano team is all about craft and design hecho con amor. Mi Vida team members design, print and manufacture all of our products in Los Angeles. Our products represent the love of our cultura and our cuidad in its every essence. Each customized product we create showcases the love we have within ourselves and for our customers.
There is a reason why we have featured Hola Mijas Bonitas Stickers in all of our guides.
Because they Rock in both adorableness and affordability.
These festive stickers are unique, high quality and oh so cute!
4 x 6 Glossy Sticker Sheet
You’ll be the coolest tia/tio when you get one for all the little bonitas on your list.
Claudia Ramos, the artist behind all the illustrations, created the Hola Mijas Bonitas brand and its characters to share her own diverse, lively experiences growing up in LA. She creates sticker sheet collaborations and donates a % of the proceeds to several foundations.
Claudia is proud to be the first generation in her family, originally from El Salvador, to graduate with a B.A. from CSUN and be an entrepreneur. “I want to spread joy and happiness to the world!”
Teens on your list? We’ve Got You!
The Designer Life Workbook is a TRANSFORMATIVE Workbook Designed Specifically for Teens Who Want to Unlock Their Full POTENTIAL, Cultivate Emotional Intelligence, and Create a Life They Love.
This workbook is designed to help teens\tweens embark on a journey of self-discovery, personal growth, and meaningful connections. It is their guide to self awareness, emotional intelligence, effective communication and personal growth.
Naomi Nye is a mindset, trauma coach and fierce advocate for education, youth personal development and mental health. Her passion comes from her own personal experience. After an attempted suicide Naomi questioned how she had derailed her life so far and knew she had to get to the root cause of how she led her life astray. She began to study the neuroscience behind human behavior: the patterns that are our thoughts, feelings, impulses and actions. Most importantly, how to use neuroplasticity to break free from the grip our subconscious holds on us. Now, Naomi’s mission is teaching teens how to develop the mental toughness they need to overcome life’s challenges successfully and build a strong foundation so that they can create a life of meaning and purpose. | <urn:uuid:4f6fb594-2e98-4fe5-b3e2-ad1836db0581> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://amigosmax.com/latino-holiday-gifts-for-kids-2023-holiday-gift-guide | 2024-02-20T21:50:24Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947473347.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20240220211055-20240221001055-00001.warc.gz | en | 0.908419 | 1,209 |
Email us (email@example.com) your choice along with a brief rationale for each person you nominate. You have until March 1, 2023 to submit. The board of directors makes the final decision. Presentations will be made at our annual general meeting June 13.
Monty Berger Award for Exemplary Service
Presented to a volunteer, usually an AMI member, making a significant contribution to our organization over an extended period of time.
AMI-Québec Award for Exemplary Service
For someone working in the field of mental health. Selection criteria include extraordinary care to those with mental illness, guidance and support to families and active support of our goals.
Exemplary Psychiatrist Award
Presented to psychiatrists who endorse our agenda by guiding and supporting families, sensitizing health professionals to the difficulties families face, promoting the inclusion of family members in treatment teams and increasing public awareness of mental illness.
Ella Amir Award for Innovation in Mental Health
Recognizes individuals or organizations for their innovations in building awareness of mental health issues in the community through research, service, advocacy, combatting stigma or calling the public’s attention to the needs of family caregivers.
Volunteer of the Year
Awarded for services to AMI during the previous 12 months that far exceeded the norm along with outstanding and inspiring dedication to our objectives.
The Extra Mile Award
Presented to an individual or organization for special efforts to further the understanding of mental illness.
Email firstname.lastname@example.org with your nominations today!
Join AMI’s Board
AMI-Quebec’s Board of Directors ensures that AMI’s mission is achieved. Most members have or have had a family member with mental illness or mental health issues, and some have professional experience in mental heath or related fields.
Board members are volunteers who believe that family engagement is critical to the eradication of the stigma that is still associated with mental illness, and to the promotion of a whole person view of people with mental illness. They trust that a more humane and compassionate society can help people with mental illness realize their potential and lead satisfying and fulfilling lives. The main focus of the Board’s work is to support families in their role as caregivers while helping them to sustain their own wellbeing.
The Board of Directors is elected each year during the Annual General Meeting in June. Candidates are reviewed by the Nominating Committee and submissions can be made throughout the year. Familiarity with AMI-Quebec’s work and previous experience (such as serving on a committee, attending or facilitating support groups, etc.) is recommended.
In our ongoing efforts to best address diverse communities, we are hoping to diversify our board. We, therefore, encourage nominees/applicants from various communities, especially those who are or have been family caregivers.
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As mobile health apps become more and more popular, they provide opportunities to improve access, quality, and clinical outcomes in the healthcare industry.
There are numerous types of healthcare applications available at app stores that benefit users on both ends of the spectrum. Each of these is proving useful in its niche, from telemedicine apps to healthcare mobile app development for apps that help manage equipment.
This blog lists the top categories of healthcare apps that will continue to be popular in the coming year.
Personal Health Record apps (medical diaries)
Unlike health tracking apps, the majority of which are used to maintain a healthy lifestyle, Personal Health Record apps serve a different purpose – monitoring diseases.
These types of apps serve as medical diaries – and can be either held on the patient’s device or integrated with the doctor’s or hospital’s apps.
This type of app can support the patient towards recovery or alert medical staff on a patient’s worsening condition as soon as the first symptoms appear.
Medical equipment management apps
A medical equipment management app aims to relieve hospitals and medical practices of manual stocktaking and equipment maintenance.
Medical equipment management apps support the sound functioning of clinics with features like automatic maintenance scheduling and inventory alerts
Hospital management apps
Hospital management apps assist hospital administration in day-to-day operations. These types of programs usually help with the automation of accounting, medical billing, claims, outpatient management, inventory, bed management, and others.
Hospital management apps often integrate with EHR apps to help simultaneously keep track of patient records.
Medical billing apps
Such apps help hospital accounting departments keep track of patient invoices, payments, and any other financial operations. It’s often integrated into bigger systems during mobile healthcare application development, such as EHR or hospital management apps.
Appointment Booking Apps
Appointment booking apps facilitate the online management of appointments at hospitals, clinics, and medical practices. Users can schedule appointments through the patient panel present on such apps.
They also have a separate notification system to set reminders of upcoming appointments for patients and doctors.
Telemedicine is already a multibillion-dollar industry in the United States alone, thanks to the world of convenience it brings to doctors and patients alike. Medical professionals can conduct their appointments with patients through this app.
They may also provide e-prescriptions and bill their patient directly through the app, depending on the features it may include.
e-Prescription apps eliminate the need for filling up paperwork and carrying documents from one place to another. The app enables care providers to track, renew, and cancel prescriptions for their patients.
The care provider and pharmacy can communicate more easily through such apps. The pharmacy’s system will automatically push the electronic prescriptions it will receive for processing and fulfilment.
Medical Imaging Apps
A medical imaging app is designed primarily to process MRI/CT/PET scans. They also contain the visualization functionality to design 3D models.
Some of their features include:
- 3D modelling: A medical technician can create a customized model for a particular patient using these programs. One way these apps are proving useful is by enabling technicians to generate an orthodontic treatment model that can be generated and printed by a 3D modelling application before treatment begins.
- Printing and designing medical components: With this app, you can print equipment like coronary stents that are used in cardiovascular surgery, or body parts, such as artificial limbs.
Medical Diagnosis Apps
An app designed for medical diagnosis allows doctors to exchange anonymized records in order to fill in any information gaps. These enable them to make an accurate diagnosis by analyzing all available patient data using AI.
Users can also check their symptoms with medical diagnosis apps, so they can decide whether to go to the doctor. These apps gained popularity during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Medical Research Apps
Researchers use medical research apps primarily to share their findings with the medical community and to educate patients. Using these apps is common for training medical personnel and for supporting diagnoses when there aren’t any similar clinical cases present for internal reference.
Electronic Health Record Apps
Medical clinics and hospitals frequently use EHR apps. An EHR app is similar to a customer relationship management system but tailored to the medical field. It is built to gather patient data, such as medication dosage, doctors’ prescriptions, and surgical history.
Such apps help with payment and invoicing through a financial module integrated at the time of mobile healthcare application development. They also contain a patient portal that gives patients access to their medical history, including consultations, records, and prescriptions.
There are multiple types of EHR apps, such as:
- Electronic Medical Record apps (EMR) – These store medical records for patients, such as patient’s recovery course details, medication types and dosage, and procedure-related information.
- Electronic Patient Record Apps (EPR) – These save patient details for hospital use, to store and process their patient information.
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It’s of the utmost importance that your radiation protective apparel fits properly. We pride ourselves on our ability to customise offerings to our customers specific needs. Our customisation feature allows you to input details of your requirements across our product range and to generate an automated quotation that you can use to simply process your order. | <urn:uuid:58af92ec-acd9-43d1-8ffb-808440df679c> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://amraymedical.co.uk/product/table-cover-1/ | 2024-02-20T21:19:11Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947473347.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20240220211055-20240221001055-00001.warc.gz | en | 0.881483 | 85 |
Animal Medical & Surgical Hospital in Broken Arrow and Tulsa, OK, is a state-of-art animal hospital specializing in pet vaccinations, tick and flea prevention, pet wellness, and other pet care conditions.
Each veterinarian at our facilities is dedicated to providing exemplary pet care and service. We can help your pet stay healthy, active, and vibrant.request an appointment
Pet Vaccinations Explained
The simplest explanation of pet vaccinations is that they are classified as nonliving or modified live vaccines. This indicates whether the organisms they contain are dead or purified.
Vaccines with living cultures are proven to provide the best protection for your pet because they can activate the immune system to build stronger immunity to the organisms. Targeting the immune system, but not overwhelming it, is the crux of how vaccines work.
At Animal Medical & Surgical Hospital, we offer the most innovative technologies in pet vaccines because your pet’s health is important to us. We are dedicated to providing the very best protection on the market for your pet.
DHLP – Canine Distemper Complex Vaccine
The Canine Distemper Complex vaccine, or DHLP, is a 3-year vaccine that protects dogs from the canine distemper virus, leptospirosis, infectious canine hepatitis, and parainfluenza.
The parvovirus vaccine is given to puppies and adult dogs on a specific dosage schedule, depending on their age. It protects dogs from canine parvovirus, which can be deadly if not treated quickly.
The coronavirus (“CCoV”) vaccine is regularly included with the DHLP dose. However, not all dogs require this vaccine. This virus type is not to be confused with the coronavirus type that causes COVID-19. It protects dogs against illness from living in groups or gatherings like a kennel or shelter.
Lyme Disease Vaccine
The Lyme Disease vaccine is given to puppies and adult dogs on a specific dosage schedule depending on their age. It protects dogs from Lyme Disease transmitted through tick bites.
Bordetella and Bronchi-Shield Vaccine
The Bordetella and Bronchi-Shield vaccine is given to dogs annually to protect against Bordetella bronchiseptica. This upper respiratory bacterial infection produces “Kennel Cough,” transmitted from dog to dog. Not all dogs require this vaccine.
The Rattlesnake vaccine is given to dogs 30 days before possible rattlesnake exposure. It does not stop rattlesnake poisoning but may minimize the potency long enough to seek veterinarian care.
FVRCPC – Feline Distemper Complex Vaccine
The Feline Distemper Complex vaccine, or FVRCPC, is given to cats annually to protect against feline calicivirus, feline panleukopenia, and feline viral rhinotracheitis.
FeLV – Feline Leukemia Vaccine
The Feline Leukemia vaccine, or FeLV, is given to cats annually to begin and then every three years. It protects cats from the feline leukemia virus that causes cancer and is incurable.
Dogs & Cats
The Rabies vaccine is typically given to dogs and cats about every three years to protect them from the rabies virus that transmits through saliva. This vaccination is required by law in all U.S. states.
Book an Appointment for Your Pet’s Vaccines Today
Animal Medical & Surgical Hospital in Broken Arrow and Tulsa, OK, is ready to help you update your pet’s vaccinations to protect them and give you peace of mind. We can also help you choose the best tick and flea prevention for your pet.
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Maarten de Rijke (UvA) inducted into the ACM SIGIR Academy
The ACM SIGIR Academy honors and recognizes individuals who have made significant, cumulative contributions to the development of the field of information retrieval (IR).
Inductees to the SIGIR Academy are the principal leaders in IR, whose efforts have shaped the discipline and/or industry through significant research, innovation, and/or service. This year, Maarten de Rijke is one of the inductees.
From September onwards Amsterdam Data Science will merge media channels with Amsterdam AI. Any online activities you are used to will continue on the Amsterdam AI channels. So please register below to stay up to date!
Amsterdam Data Science is excited to announce the next step in joining forces with Amsterdam AI. Together, we will support Amsterdam’s development as an international hub for Responsible AI.
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The Best Way To Cultivate Trust In A Relationship
Trust is like the biggest chunk of the foundation of any relationship. To cultivate trust, many believe that you would have to go through an eye of a needle. But, this is not true. The best way to go about it is actually quite simple – talk or communicate with your partner.
Cultivate Trust Through Discussion & Communication
Talking and discussing experiences and expectations is such a great way to cultivate trust. This is mainly because you get to exchange ideas, making it more possible to relate to each other. You also express how you feel which gives our partner the opportunity to empathize with us, and vice versa. So what are the topics you can talk about?
Likes And Dislikes
We have preferences and pet peeves. It would be good to be able to communicate these with your partner so that they would know how to treat you to make you feel special, such as in giving you gifts. In the same way, they can use this information in order to avoid things that irk you, like littering in the house or not taking regular baths.
You may not have to go through the gory details of your past relationships, but you can always talk about some issues that have probably scarred you. If your current partner is understanding enough, they will tread lightly and not force you to do something that will open a can of worms. They might also be able to help you get over your issues or encourage you to seek help.
What are your views on life, love, faith, sports, and even politics? It would be helpful to the two of you if you both talk about your views and not be caught by surprise with topics that might cause you to disagree.
If you are going to progress into the relationship, you will have to discuss money matters sooner or later. That is a big part of any and every relationship because we live in a world that needs money. How you and your partner earn and handle money are very crucial aspects in making a relationship a success.
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Heating Up Your Relationship Has Never Been Easier
Even though you are with the most beautiful woman in the world, eventually, you will experience a point in your relationship where everything feels stale and boring. All relationships go through this phase. We become so comfortable with how things are that we don’t attempt to try and experience new things. This is why heating up your relationship is so important.
Heating Up Your Relationship Will Ensure That Your Love Is Passionate
Along the way, we lose the passion that we felt at the beginning of the relationship. Don’t worry, it’s normal. However, if you allow it to be this way, you will, later on, realize that your satisfaction in the relationship will fall to the ground. You never want that to happen because it could mean the end. Instead, try heating up your relationship to bring back the passion:
We are so busy with work and family that we are sometimes in a hurry to be intimate. There’s nothing wrong with this, of course. But, from time to time, try to take things slow so you and your partner will leave yourselves wanting more. Don’t rush, enjoy each moment.
2. Cook Together
When you’re cooking together, you exhibit team-work skills that could bring you closer as a couple. Actually, it’s not just cooking. You can also do other things like hiking, or taking a class together that requires both of you to work together and help each other.
3. Flirt Through Your Messages
When you’re chatting or texting, don’t just exchange the usual messages. You’ve flirted before, so there’s no reason for you and your partner not to try flirting again even though you’ve had years into your partnership. Flirting is fun and it’ll make you feel like how you felt at the beginning.
4. Much Needed Vacation
You just have to get away sometimes. Try going on vacation. Doing this will allow you to spend quality time with each other without any distractions from work, friends, or family.
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Remote monitoring allows you to entrust the security of your premises to security professionals. At Anaveo Antilles-Guyane, our remote monitoring center reacts quickly in case of security and technical risks, whether it is an intrusion or aggression alarm, fire protection or equipment failure. This solution is less expensive than human intervention companies. Remote video monitoring completes your security systems and offers you peace of mind when you are not on site.
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Your All-in-One Restaurant POS system
- 24/7 support
- All your data in one place
- Current. Flat. Internet. Done!
Designed for both staff and guests.
Ancon POS is an innovative platform built for restaurants. Designed for both staff and guests.
Fast, reliable and intuitive. It has all the features a full-service Ala-carte restaurant needs, coupled with the speed and flexibility a fast food restaurant (QSR) needs. Boost sales and increase your profit margin with smart tools that help you increase your cut rate, turn tables faster and promote the menu items that make you the most money.
It´s all in the Ancon Cloud
- Spend more time with guests and less time behind the cash register, using our BLAST mobile all-in-one device. Take order bonga, split bill, take payment and print receipt directly at the table.
- IPads, IPhones, Android tablets and phones. Run the checkout on the hardware you’re comfortable with
- Update your menu anytime, anywhere. It´s all in the cloud
Simplify the way your customers order, with online ordering.
Guests’ ordering habits are changing rapidly, with Ancon POS you are prepared
- Offer guests mobile orders with QR orders at the table or Take Away
- Fully integrated system, everything is prepared from the start
- Let the guest pay as they wish, Swish, blipp QR
A complete cash register in your pocket With BLAST you can manage your ENTIRE restaurant.
Features of Ancon POS
Take up several orders in a lunch party, gather them on ONE bong to the kitchen.
Get paid with our smart invoice management and send the document automatically to your billing system.
INGREDIENTS AND OPTIONS
Design your products in the menu with ingredients and smart options. It makes it super easy for staff to both answer guests’ questions but also adjust the dish at the touch of a button, with direct information to the kitchen.
Sell super fast at the bar in Ancon’s smart Bar Mode. Open an invoice, snap in products and get paid with a few keystrokes.
Manage special orders for the kitchen with simple kitchen messages, select ready-made ones or write your own on the responsive tablet.
50kr cash and 100kr card? Let the guest decide, you do it easily with the instalment facility
LINKED CARD TERMINAL
Connect the card terminal to the cash register. Save time and avoid manual errors.
Connect your cash register to the table booking system and manage all your bookings from one place.
CLOUD-BASED CONTROL BOX
Remember that little control box that was plugged into the cash register? Just forget it. We have a cloud-based control box with an automatic link to the Swedish Tax Agency. Welcome to Anconland!!
Draw your table map in admin and work with it in Ancon KPOW. You’ll quickly have an awesome illustrative map that makes it super easy for new staff to find their way around. Smart status colours give staff a real-time view of the restaurant. Which tables are available? Which companies are almost ready? With the Ancon KPOW table map, your staff will always know where they stand.
Define the product type and the interface is automatically adapted. Glass/bottle, centilitre or kilo. You decide, the interface is optimised.
Bonga for the kitchen, bar or hatch. Or maybe all of them.
Decide in detail who on the staff will be allowed to do what. Create permission groups, assign staff to the right group.
Throw the item on the scale, swoosh says it and it’s added to the bill with the right price per kilo.
Keep track of how many days of meat or Carlsberg are left. When they are exhausted, the product is blocked from further sale. All visible in the cloud.
Do you work with à la carte or tasting menus? With our flexible wait/forward solution, you can tag the dishes. Toast skagen as a main course? No problem. When the waiters notice that it’s time to push out the main courses, they tell the kitchen to bring out the starters, with just the push of a button. All statuses of all tables are displayed on the table map.
Connect multiple card terminals to one cash register. Why? Because you can now charge several guests in the lunch queue or at the bar at the same time. Perfect solution for those with high pressure at a checkout.
Stammis? Personal? Discount in percent or crowns? Define discounts, and set who gets to use them.
Do you sell many products? With a handheld scanner, entering the bill is as quick as saying “blip”
Create your own payment methods in the system, full freedom and fully integrated with your Z report and accounting.
Keep track of your customers, what they like and when they last visited you.
Split the bill automatically by number of guests, or push it manually with a swipe. So simple at its most stressful.
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Bono, the lead singer of the Irish band U2, said he told Pope Francis that in Ireland "it looks as though the abusers are being more protected than the victims. And you could see the pain in his face."
Bono met the pope Sept. 19 to sign an agreement between his charity, ONE, and the Scholas Occurentes educational charity supported by Pope Francis.
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ONE is a campaign and advocacy effort working to end extreme poverty, especially in Africa. One of its current focuses, Bono told reporters Sept. 19, is education for girls and young women. Some "130 million girls around the world do not go to school, because they are girls," he said.
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"We haven't figured out what we are going to do together," Bono said, "but we sort of have a crush on each other."
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Because anxiety can feel terrifying and you can think there is something seriously wrong with your mind… But you’re not alone when feeling this way.
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The widespread availability of artificial intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT presents some pressing challenges for institutions of higher learning. In this episode, APU’s Dr. Oliver Hedgepeth talks to professor Irv Varkonyi about issues of plagiarism and ethics when students use ChatGPT to write term papers and discussion forums. How can faculty members address these complex issues to ensure students are adequately learning the material and submitting original work?
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Oliver Hedgepeth: I am Oliver Hedgepeth, I’m a professor at American Public University and today we are interviewing Irv Varkonyi, he’s also a professor and the subject we’re going to talk about today is really chatting about artificial intelligence, AI, and especially ChatGPT. That’s one of the bots, B-O-T-S, that you’ve been reading about in the newspapers for the last year, and especially the last few months as ChatGPT and AI technology has been entering the classroom. And so, we’re going to talk about how AI is being used or not used by students. But first, I’d like everybody to know who Irv Varkonyi is. Irv, would you give us a short bio of who you are and everything? I’d appreciate it.
Irv Varkonyi: Thank you very much, Oliver. It’s a pleasure to be here with you. I’ve known Oliver for a couple of decades. I came to University from Global Cargo Carriers and moved from in there to consulting and working in supply chain, especially supply chain risk.
It’s been about 20 years that I’ve been at the University, and I principally teach supply chain logistics, and especially supply chain risk management. And I’m now essentially retired but still very active in looking at how things are developing. And, Oliver, this field of AI is just fascinating, and I can’t wait to see how the story will turn out.
Oliver Hedgepeth: Well, thank you, Irv. I know you and I have helped students for many, many years, and as we’ve seen the technology change from basic standing in front of the classroom to what you and I have done a lot in the last decade, teaching online. And teaching online has its own challenges, as different from standing in front of students.
But the world of artificial intelligence, especially as ChatGPT, is changing, I think, the learning environment. And I know there are a lot of faculty members that I’ve spoken to who are concerned about AI and ChatGPT and how it may impact the student’s ability to learn, or to cheat. Plagiarism is one of the topics that comes up, but as you and I have seen over the last few decades, there are students who do plagiarize now then, but most of them don’t. They are really there to learn and write a paper, and be excited about what they’ve found and discovered.
Unfortunately, ChatGPT, if the student wanted to write a paper all he has to do was type in a question in ChatGPT and it ChatGPT would write you a nice two- or three-page essay on it. So, these are questions such as we have to understand how students can or cannot use this technology.
Let me ask you a few questions. First of all, can you describe what you know about AI? And maybe especially ChatGPT or anything like it. What do you think about AI? What do you know about it?
Irv Varkonyi: Well, I have much to learn about AI and ChatGPT. It’s not in my area of expertise, but, just like every other human being, I’m affected by AI. It has great potential to be able to help us, to be able to help students, but it also has great threats as well, to where and how we work, and how we learn today.
Best I can understand, that AI ChatGPT is a natural language processing tool. AI stands for artificial intelligence, and it was developed by a company back in 2015 where, in fact, Elon Musk was a part of the founding company. It’s programmed with endless amounts of text and data to understand content, and how to generate human-like responses and questions. And it responds in real-time using a neural network, which I’m not sure I can understand. GPT, by the way, means generative pre-trained transformers.
So, in layman’s terms, which I’m more competent in rather than technical terms, it can take information and put it into human-like responses. So, I went and tested GPT when Oliver had asked me to join him on this podcast, and to see what it can actually do.
At APUS, we use discussion forms as a way to interact. It’s a substitute for us since we don’t work in real-time and study in real-time, we have asynchronous discussion chats. The professor puts in a question, the student responds with an answer, then other students respond to that, the professor responds. And, in that sense, we are simulating a discussion. So, I put in a discussion question that I have in my current class, which is supply chain risk, and I wanted to see what GPT would do.
Well, guess what? It gave back exactly the answer that I would be grading as an A answer. And I’m asking myself, “Well, this is pretty fantastic.” And then, I went back to see some of the students’ responses. I don’t know how to say this all Oliver, but some of them were eerily similar to ChatGPT. So, either I have wonderful students, and I do have wonderful students, or we are talking about whether or not GPT will affect us, and in fact, Oliver, I think it may already be affecting us, as we speak. So, I don’t know a whole lot about it. I described to you what I do know, and I think it’s a wonderful tool in terms of what it can do.
Oliver Hedgepeth: I hear you loud and clear, and just this week I was on another conference with some professors we were all talking about this AI and how it impacts us. It is quite an interesting problem. You bring up a very good point. It seems like you may be broaching on how this is impacting student learning. What do you feel about that?
Irv Varkonyi: Let me preface that a little bit with what the purpose is for the students to be at our university. Students at our university are already adults. These are not young people who are just graduating high school, these are adults. How are they going to learn? Well, a great many of them know a lot, but how will they learn and work in the environment that they’re going to be going into? To answer your question is, what will they be experiencing in that real world? What will they be expected to do?
I think, to an extent, the university has to be closer in approximating what these students can expect. And if part of that expectation in the real world is, if you have a tool like GPT, then let’s use it, whether it can be in a number of areas such as in marketing, in operations, in technology, in risk management, then should we not be encouraging the students to use ChatGPT as a way to respond. And maybe that’s what we’re saying is, how should students respond that will help them once they’ve complete their degree?
So, I think we’re going to be asking ourselves, Oliver, to change, or understand whether we’re talking about learning, or we’re talking about a different way for them to achieve their goals.
Oliver Hedgepeth: Most interesting, you raised the point that they are going to school, they’re learning technology, they’re learning risk management, they’re learning about supply chain logistics, as you teach them. And they get out, they get their college degree, and they go get a job at a warehouse, at a Walmart, or an engineering firm, a retail firm of some kind.
But what I’ve read in the newspapers recently is that these companies are already using AI, ChatGPT right now. In fact, I was reading in The Wall Street Journal the last couple of weeks how marketing firms are now using ChatGPT to create a marketing ad for a customer. And the results that I’ve read so far is that those companies are using ChatGPT to create, in two or three seconds, a nice ad for this company’s new product. And then, they modify it a little bit, they tweak it here and there, but instead of spending hours and days creating that first line or that photograph, or picture, or drawing, which ChatGPT and other AI technology can develop as well, they go ahead and do that, and call the customer and say, “Oh by the way, I’m ready right now.” And the customer’s like, “You’re not going to call me next week?” “No, I’m ready right now, today.”
So, business is already using AI, and has been for a lot of years. It has become a common tool. It’s a skillset that the student will be learning to use on his job, so, Irv, I think you’re telling me we need to think about embracing AI and ChatGPT and other similar bots like that to help build their learning skillset. Is that what you’re telling me?
Irv Varkonyi: I appear to be, as I’m learning more and gaining more, and as I said at the outset, this is not an area of expertise for me. I’ve been a professional that is conveying knowledge, and having students to absorb knowledge and be able to apply that knowledge in there, but it isn’t part of that. Now, we should also say that there are some areas of concern in using GPT. It has some biases. It will reflect the biases of the literature, it may not realize it’s reflecting that. In terms of data privacy, it may or may not be able to honor that. It doesn’t necessarily have common sense that it can do, and how to apply that.
So, the student has to gain the skill to understand that when they’re creating a response through GPT, they have to apply their own human standards. Such as, does it have common sense to it? Is there a biases that is explained? Those parts, the student has to do.
Perhaps a role that we have is, as students will respond to questions using GPT, as I mentioned, I think they already are, how they’re applying their own common sense to that. In fact, I would be challenging faculty at all universities, that whatever that student is providing, that there’s a way for the professor to interact and determine the student’s understanding of that material, and whether or not they’ve applied common sense to it.
Now, it may be that some things that we’ve relied on to demonstrate that students have learned such as 20-page term papers, well, it may not be appropriate. Maybe what we’re talking about is having a discussion about a subject, and see how the student can, in a matter of a few minutes, explain what traditionally we have asked them to do with citations in a term paper. Because as they go into the real world, that’s more likely what they’re going to do.
I guess I’m saying then, Oliver, that GPT seems to be more in terms of what that real world is, and that preparation for that real world, which is our obligation as faculty at APUS, is to prepare those students for that. And I think if GPT can help prepare them, then we need to be able to find a way to incorporate more of that as a duty to those students.
Oliver Hedgepeth: That’s most interesting. What you’re describing, Irv, is the learning environment in that college is changing. And if that learning environment is changing, well, the students are already changing. The data is showing that the students are very comfortable with using AI. I read a report earlier about AI as a big driver for student motivation. And 98% of students are comfortable with using AI, 98%, I read that somewhere recently, this week. So much to read about this technology.
Well, what I’m sensing is that the students are comfortable with using ChatGPT and other AI to search out what’s going on in the world, but the faculty are not comfortable with it. You raised a good point, maybe it’s time to change how we teach students, knowing that ChatGPT is out there. I think majority of students might use it, the ones I know, to maybe search something out.
So, what I think you’re telling me is we need to, maybe, look back the way we used to teach. Maybe we need to give more oral examinations or something so you can’t cheat. They can use ChatGPT to bring down information on something, then you say, “Okay, stand up, Bobby and Sue, and tell us, what do you think about this?”
We could ask the students to do something different. It seems like, as professors, we might have to get a little more personal, especially in the online world. You and I are working in 100% online world, and you’re not really with them live a lot, once in a while you have a Zoom meeting with them. I think we might have to change how we teach. What do you think about that, Irv?
Irv Varkonyi: I’m very much thinking about that in the same way, Oliver. And I think that universities also have to look at that. Since I’m still a bit old school, I still do research and do citations, and just the other month I saw in a short document from a professor, Peter Jacobsen from Ottawa University, and the title of his essay was “Artificial intelligence Will Change Higher Ed for the Better”, subtitle, “If Professors Respond Correctly, ChatGPT Can be a Friend, Not a Foe.”
And the essence of what he’s talking about is that universities, for the most part, have tended to be stagnant and slow in terms of moving forward. Whereas GPT is a much more dynamic tool that moves things much more expeditiously than universities. So, in that sense, Professor Jacobsen is stating that if higher education isn’t the fastest moving industry around, then a tool like GPT can in fact help them.
So, GPT can in fact enable universities to move forward faster, improve on them, and what Professor Jacobsen is also saying is in fact it can provide a more value proposition to those students. That is a possibility.
There was also another document that one of our colleagues at APUS had identified about the roadmap to becoming an AI university, and what they’re talking about here is how universities are building AI into their curriculum in many ways, not just focusing on STEM, but focusing many areas that there’s a global tech talent shortage. That’s some 85 million jobs that we’re going to need by 2030. We may be short if we are unable to in fact train adults. Universities have an obligation to embed AI much more within the curriculum, whether in the direct areas like in technology and operations, but also in terms of how it is that universities conduct themselves.
One more thing, if I may, on that. I do some mentoring here in Fairfax with high school students in career and technical training, and the data shows us that, today, our students are going to be entering into jobs that some 65% of which, tomorrow, we don’t have today. How are we going to prepare those students for the jobs that we don’t even know today what they’re going to be? That’s a huge amount.
It is possible that AI and what GPT does is a way where we can in fact expedite the training for whether you’re in high school or you’re in college. So, I think we should be embracing it. The question will be is whether our university and other universities can embrace it productively and accurately.
Oliver Hedgepeth: You’re focusing on the changing of how we teach as faculty and administrators, how we design courses, and design that interaction with students, and between students, and with us. And what you bring up is, I think, probably a critical point, a turning point in the universities today. I do believe here, at 2023, we’re on the edge of a transformation as we saw in the ’70s and ’80s.
I remember in the ’70s and ’80s that I’m a math major, I have a math degree, and you could not bring a calculator into the classroom. If you brought a calculator in the classroom, the teacher would point to you, “Get out, you get a zero for today’s work.”
Well, it took a few years before the faculty and the universities realize these calculators, if we bring them into classroom, yes, they don’t need to understand what two plus two is, that equals four, but they can analyze complex equations. They can analyze, in the classroom, how to send a rocket ship from earth to the moon and do calculations that they usually can’t do. So, the school system, all universities, had to change their way of thinking about how to use technology, those calculators.
I think what you’re bringing up, Irv, we’re on the brink of a change that’s happening with this new technology. I think, today, many faculty are not comfortable with that change, but the students have already changed. We may have to go into all our classes at our online university, and at the face-to-face universities, to redesign the written assignments, redesign maybe the oral discussions, maybe have some more oral discussions. I think the entire group of people who design courses or give us procedures to follow to design courses, those procedures have to change now. I really believe you’ve hit on something, Irv, that we are at a point of change in education.
I really appreciate that, Irv. Right now we’re going to take a break. Today we’re speaking with Irv Varkonyi regarding how AI and, especially ChatGPT, is or will impact students and the university of faculty.
I’d like to ask you a question that’s different than we had before. When students are using this AI technology such as ChatGPT, does this impact plagiarism or the ethics issues in our schools? Do we need to rethink plagiarism just because of ChatGPT?
Irv Varkonyi: Excellent question. Let’s define plagiarism as the university would define it. And we have a policy at American Public University, the plagiarism is taking material that is not of your own and crediting it as your own material. Plagiarism also involves where you’re not referencing it. So, essentially, in more modern terms, plagiarism is a copy and paste process. You’re copying something, you paste it into your submission, your response, and you claim it to be your own. That is plagiarism.
We have developed tools for catching such plagiarism online, and one tool that has become popular is called Turnitin. And Turnitin evaluates every submission that it gets from the students, and then will give us a score. The student can see the score, and so can the faculty member. And as the score rises, where maybe 20% or 30% or more, that tells us, more and more, that paper was essentially copy and pasted.
That was an excellent tool, and since the students knew that we were watching them through that tool, we felt that gave them an impetus to try and create more original material. Well, what I’ve been noticing, a trend over the past maybe year, two years, not more, maybe less, has been those Turnitin scores have become less, and less, and less.
I submit that students have figured out, or something has figured out, that they can take material which could be copy and pasted, but now is not showing up as such. So now, I have additional due diligence in terms of determining whether or not that material was or was not original. And I might do it by asking certain questions in a way that will be hard to copy and paste. And then, based on that answer to me, that can tell me that the student actually did create that because they explained it, or I don’t think the student understood what they had said.
So, we are no longer in that comfortable world we can accurately determine what is plagiarism or not. If we can’t do that, well then, the question comes back, as you just asked me, is what is going to be our viewpoint? How are we going to look at this as an ethics issue?
A ChatGPT response, when that question is asked, that ChatGPT will come up with an original created answer. It is not then taking something, in other words, ChatGPT does not, essentially, copy and paste, but it gives a specific answer to a specific question. Well, is that plagiarism? By our definition at the university, it’s not plagiarism because it’s different. It is plagiarism in the sense that the student, are not doing it. Is that ethical or not? If that student is going to get a job after earning their degree in a company, and they’re going to use ChatGPT to create things, are they not ethical at the company? That’s what their company wanted.
So, are we, at the university to say, “Well, it’s not ethical because you had GPT use it,” to which the student will say, “Yes, but that’s exactly what my employer wants me to do. Why can’t I do it?” Now we are getting into a very complex type of area, whether it’s ethical or it is not. I think, what we said before, we need to find ways that can test the student’s understanding, but not really get caught up in this is it plagiarism or is not plagiarism anymore. And that our policies, while I can’t say for sure because I think this needs a lot of discussion, we have to find a way that a policy is going to say that the student did something here, that they learned something about it, even if the words may have been written in some other way, and that if their process in acquiring such knowledge is going to help them in their future work, that should be part of our policy.
I’m sure there’s a lot of implications on that, but I think we have to change that, how we define it, we have to change what we’re going to accept, and we have to change what we think the student will be able to do. So, that’s not exactly a yes or no answer, Oliver, but I think that wherever we have now, we know enough that in fact that’s not appropriate, and something different is going to have to be put in in its place gradually over time.
Oliver Hedgepeth: Yes, Irv, that’s a very good discussion point. And I have to agree with you, the answer on: Is it plagiarism or whether we need to change our policy on plagiarism, it’s not a yes or a no situation. It is something that has to be discussed by all universities, whether we change our policy in our faculty handbook, the words that say, “Here’s what plagiarism is.” Personally, I don’t think we need to change the words that says, “Here’s what plagiarism is.” What I think, because of this newest addition to search technology, AI technology, that we just need to figure a way to be comfortable with it. It is very clear that AI, ChatGPT, and others like it have become kind of a virtual assistant to the student. I’m thinking now that maybe we teachers need to use ChatGPT to look at it to see what’s going on. The students are using it, the data is out there, the students are using it, we need to understand it, and maybe we need to redesign our courses that use ChatGPT.
I can see that our assignments, like you said, a 20-page paper may no longer be useful to teaching students research and learning how to do research. Maybe we should ask them. Maybe we should place AI and ChatGPT into a learning assignment, “Okay, this is week three, go to the ChatGPT and find out what’s the hot issue in 2023, in February. And let’s discuss it.” And that’s the key, “Let’s discuss it.” So, they would bring down something from ChatGPT that would give them, here are the issues, and you say, “Okay, Bob, Sally, that’s really great. What do you think about what you found?”
It seems like it’s not much different than what we do right now, but it is different because the ChatGPT can give them an answer that, like you said, you tried it, looks pretty darn good. In fact, I’ve been concerned with the policy change for plagiarism at our university, and I had a student, and then I did it too, use ChatGPT to write a new plagiarism policy for our university. And doggone it, in about five seconds, I’m reading on my screen, the seven points of the ChatGPT-created plagiarism policy for our university. And I read it, and I sent it out to other folks, they read it, and they said, “That’s pretty good, Oliver.” And then, I told them I didn’t write it. But it did hit all the key points.
So, ChatGPT is here to stay. It is common for the students, a lot of the faculty are not comfortable with it. We’re raised with the face-to-face classroom before online came on, but we’re in that online world today. So, we need to figure out how to redesign our courses. And I don’t think we need to change the policy on what is plagiarism, and what is ethics. It’s pretty clearly defined, and I don’t think it changes.
The students can cheat by going to their neighbor and say, “Write a paper for me.” In my early days of school, the plagiarism ethics issue was those people who would go hire someone to write a paper for them. I remember when I worked around Washington D.C., it was very easy for students to spend $500 and get a nice term paper written, or $200 to get a nice term paper written. There were advertisements out there, it’s in the newspaper, “You want a term paper?” And it would be original. There would be somebody out there writing an original term paper for you.
So, I don’t think it’s changed much in terms of that possibility of cheating, but this technology is similar to those calculators. This now is like those calculators of the ’70s and ’80s. We have to embrace it. So, I think, Irv, we’ve got to embrace this new technology. You did mention Turnitin. This week, I did listen to the programmer at turnitin.com. I was in an AI session, and he demonstrated a term paper that had been written by a student that used ChatGPT for part of it. Turnitin, when you hit the button that says turnitin to check the paper, it underlined all the parts that came from ChatGPT.
Turnitin.com is working on, right now, an ability to, evidently, take that paper from the student, and pull it and ask ChatGPT to write that paper again, and it comes up with the identical paper. So, if you asked the right question, the title, you can get it twice or three times, evidently. So turnitin.com may be able to do what it was supposed to do in the early days. And as you said, the percentages of plagiarized items in the paper were getting less, but I’m thinking turnitin.com is going to partner with ChatGPT, seems to be partnering, to make sure that the cheaters don’t get away with it. But I do think we have to rethink, Irv, how to use it as part of our toolkit in the classroom. What do you think?
Irv Varkonyi: I agree with that, and I think that’s great that Turnitin can find that as a tool. And this discussion has inspired me to think about things that I can do until such time as Turnitin can help us. For instance, if I ask a question in a discussion, and more than one student decides to take that question, put into GPT, then I should be able to see exactly identical responses from more than one student. When I see them, then I suppose what I can do with these students is say, “Your answer, Bob, is the same one that Sally gave, is the same one that Jesus gave. Please redo on your own.” So, that’s something that I can do. But I do think that we still need to use it as a learning tool, and I think the issue of plagiarism, as important as it is, I think that part is changing, as you said, what could be done there before.
That would be my view on that, is to embrace it, to show students both sides of it. It’ll be our job to show them the biases of it that it may have. But nonetheless, go ahead and use it in terms of helping you to respond to an answer, but that it should not be your only answer. Use it to guide you, and then respond with your own original work on that, so that you can demonstrate to me, who’s grading you, in fact that you’ve acquired that type of knowledge. I think that’s how I would now respond, Oliver.
Oliver Hedgepeth: Okay. Irv, I want to thank you very much for joining me today in this really exciting topic of artificial intelligence, and especially ChatGPT. Do you have any last words you’d like to leave for our listeners? Any final words?
Irv Varkonyi: I appreciated the opportunity to engage on this with you. I think we should be embracing it and helping our students, and guiding them how to use AI. But because this is a complex subject, I think it would be appropriate to bring together faculty in a conference and be able to look at how all of us can guide our students and guide each other toward the future. And I would hope that we can do that sooner rather than later. Thank you, Oliver.
Oliver Hedgepeth: And thank you, Irv. And to you listeners out there, thank you for joining us. We have some exciting podcasts coming up, so stay tuned and stay well. | <urn:uuid:eb50f811-580d-4a67-953f-f9bc5000a270> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://apuedge.com/author/whedgepeth/ | 2024-02-20T23:23:21Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947473347.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20240220211055-20240221001055-00001.warc.gz | en | 0.974782 | 6,854 |
I. Legislative Branch
1) Personnel and Correspondence
Representatives Sarbanes and Pallone Express Opposition to Turkey F-16 Sale. On January 17, Representative John Sarbanes (D-Maryland) expressed opposition to the Biden administration’s potential sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey. Representative Sarbanes said that the United States “should not reward, accommodate or seek to cajole the Erdoğan regime, given its ongoing demonstration of contempt for international standards, human rights and the sovereignty of nations.” On January 18, Representative Frank Pallone Jr. (D- New Jersey) called for congressional action to block the sale, citing Erdoğan’s human rights abuses and aggressive foreign policy. Representative Pallone said that he plans to work with Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Bob Menendez (D-New Jersey), who has promised to block the $20 billion sale. Lawmakers from both parties have expressed opposition to US fighter jet sales to Turkey in the past.
Senator Rosen Asks Not to Meet with Far-Right Israeli Parties During Visit. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-Nevada), who co-chairs the Senate Abraham Accords Caucus, reportedly asked not to meet with any far-right Israeli politicians during a bipartisan Abraham Accords Caucus trip to Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Morocco. Senator Rosen reportedly asked officials to avoid meetings with members of Itamar Ben-Gvir’s Otzma Yehudit party and Bezalel Smotrich’s Religious Zionism party. Former Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid responded to the news of Senator Rosen’s request, saying, “The United States is no longer Israel’s closest ally.”
Representatives Tlaib and McCollum Condemn Construction of US Embassy in Jerusalem on Palestinian-Owned Land. On January 17, Representative Rashida Tlaib (D-Michigan) said that she was “outraged” over State Department plans to build the US Embassy in Jerusalem on stolen Palestinian land and called on President Biden to reverse the policy immediately. Representative Betty McCollum (D-Minnesota) criticized the plan as well, tweeting a quote from Palestinian American historian Rashid Khalidi’s New York Times op-ed, which states, “The Biden administration should reject building on seized land, showing that the United States won’t tolerate, let alone be complicit in, the theft of any more Palestinian property.” On January 20, Representative Ritchie Torres (D-New York) reportedly responded to his fellow Democrats, tweeting in support of the State Department’s decision “to build an embassy where it belongs, in a country’s capital.”
US-Lebanon Friendship Caucus Leadership Calls for Political Accountability in Lebanon. On January 13, Representatives Debbie Dingell (D-Michigan), Darrell Issa (R-California), and Darin LaHood (R-Illinois), Co-Chairs of the Congressional US-Lebanon Friendship Caucus, sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen urging the Biden administration to address the presidential vacuum in Lebanon. In the letter, the representatives called on the administration to use “additional diplomatic tools to hold responsible those who are continuing to obstruct democratic processes in Lebanon,” and urged the Biden administration to make its expectations clear to the international community.
Incoming House Republican Committee Members Hold Strong Pro-Israel Views. On January 17, the Republican Steering Committee announced committee assignments for the House Foreign Affairs, Homeland Security, Armed Services, and Judiciary Committees. Many incoming committee members have previously expressed pro-Israel views, including Representative John James (R-Michigan), who expressed support for the annexation of the West Bank, and Representative French Hill (R-Arkansas), who supported the Israel Relations Normalization Act of 2021.
Senator Brown and Representative Carey Seek Immigration Relief for Mauritanians. On January 18, Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Representative Mike Carey (R-Ohio) sent a letter to President Biden and Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas requesting that US-based Mauritanians be included in the department’s Temporary Protected Status (TPS) or Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) programs due to the risk of slavery in Mauritania. TPS protects refugees who cannot safely return to their home countries, and a DED designation from President Biden would ban the repatriation of US-based Mauritanians to Mauritania. The lawmakers argued that such an action would protect 8,000 US-based Mauritanians and send a clear message that the United States condemns slavery.
II. Executive Branch
1) The White House
National Security Advisor Sullivan Travels to Israel and Palestine, Discusses Saudi-Israeli Normalization. From January 18–20, White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan traveled to Israel and the West Bank, meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and members of his cabinet, as well as with Bahrain’s and the UAE’s national security advisors. In his meeting with Netanyahu, Sullivan discussed recent Israeli provocations at Jerusalem’s holy sites and encouraged Israel to maintain the historic status quo. Prime Minister Netanyahu’s office also said that he and Sullivan discussed the expansion of the Abraham Accords to include Saudi Arabia. Sullivan’s visit also coincided with the temporary cancelation of settlement expansions in occupied East Jerusalem, following reported US pressure. Sullivan traveled to Ramallah as well, where he met with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to discuss de-escalation in the occupied West Bank and steps to improve the lives of Palestinians. President Abbas reportedly urged US intervention following recent rhetorical escalations from the new far-right Israeli government. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is also set to travel to Israel later this month.
Biden Administration Commemorates One-Year Anniversary of Attack on Abu Dhabi. On January 17, President Biden commemorated the one-year anniversary of a Houthi drone strike in the United Arab Emirates that killed three people. In his statement, President Biden reaffirmed the United States’ commitment to the UAE’s defense and the close friendship between himself and Emirati President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MBZ). President Biden also vowed to end the war in Yemen and to provide security to the Emirates and other regional allies. Later that day, Vice President Kamala Harris spoke with MBZ to commemorate the attack. Vice President Harris reaffirmed the United States’ commitment to its bilateral relationship with the UAE and the two leaders discussed their partnership to address climate change and invest in clean energy as the UAE prepares to host the COP28 climate conference later this year. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and US Central Command (CENTCOM) Commander General Michael “Erik” Kurilla also commemorated the anniversary of the attack.
Biden Administration Officials Meet with Iraqi Prime Minister in Baghdad. On January 16, White House National Security Council Coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa Brett McGurk and Special Presidential Coordinator for Global Infrastructure and Energy Security Amos Hochstein met with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani in Baghdad. The talks focused on coordination to support Iraqi reforms in energy, infrastructure, and climate, as well as the Iraqi military’s abilities to fight the so-called Islamic State (IS). Two days prior, Prime Minister al-Sudani had called for the indefinite presence of US troops in Iraq, citing their importance to the country’s ongoing fight against IS. There are currently about 2,000 US troops in Iraq, and the prime minister has faced pressure from pro-Iranian militia leaders to reconsider this US presence.
White House National Security Coordinator McGurk Meets with Jordanian FM. On January 16, White House National Security Council Coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa Brett McGurk met with Jordanian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ayman Safadi. The two leaders discussed US-Jordan relations, US aid to Jordan, and the most recent memorandum of understanding between the two countries. Foreign Minister Safadi reaffirmed the importance of the United States’ support for the two-state solution in Palestine and its clear rejection of unilateral Israeli actions that threaten the status quo at Jerusalem holy sites.
2) Department of State
Secretary Blinken Meets with Turkish Foreign Minister Amid Potential F-16 Sale. On January 18, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu met in Washington for the fourth meeting of the US-Turkey Strategic Mechanism. The two leaders discussed a potential F-16 sale to Turkey, the two countries’ support for Ukraine, methods to bolster NATO cooperation, and the civil war in Syria. At remarks before the meeting, Foreign Minister Cavusoglu mentioned the fighter jet sale, saying that his government anticipates its approval.
Ambassador Nides Says Israel Must Enable Palestinian American Travel for Visa Waiver Deal. On January 18, US Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides said that Israel must ensure that Palestinian Americans can freely travel to Israel and the Israeli-occupied West Bank in order for Israel to qualify for the US visa waiver program, which would allow Israelis to travel to the United States without obtaining a visa. Ambassador Nides reiterated the importance of reciprocity in the visa waiver program, stating, “Reciprocity will mean that Palestinian Americans will be able to freely travel from Detroit to Ben-Gurion to Ramallah. And Americans who live in Ramallah will be able to go from Ramallah to Ben-Gurion back to Detroit.” His comments follow congressional opposition last year to Israel’s entry into the visa waiver program due to its restrictive regulations in the West Bank, which would affect American citizens.
Palestinian Affairs Office Condemns Settler Attack Involving US Citizens near Jericho. On January 17, the State Department’s Office of Palestinian Affairs in Jerusalem condemned an Israeli settler attack on Palestinians and others, including US citizens, near Jericho in the occupied West Bank. Days before, Israeli settlers had attacked a group of Palestinian, French, American, and Italian hikers, reportedly threatening to kill them. The US Office of Palestinian Affairs in Jerusalem called the act a “brazen assault,” and urged a stop to actions that exacerbate tensions in the area.
Deputy Representative Mills Delivers Speech During UNSC Briefing on Yemen. On January 16, Deputy US Representative to the United Nations Richard Mills spoke at a UN Security Council (UNSC) briefing on the war in Yemen, expressing the United States’ hope for a renewed truce agreement and peace process in 2023. During his speech, Mills criticized the Houthis for their attacks on maritime ports, arguing that they harm Yemen’s economy and raise the cost of living. Mills also criticized Iran for its support of the Houthis amid a relative peace in Yemen, citing last week’s discovery of thousands of AK-47 assault rifles being shipped from Iran to Yemen.
Climate Envoy Kerry Supports UAE Decision to Put Oil Company President in Charge of COP28. On January 15, Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry supported the UAE’s decision to appoint the head of Abu Dhabi National Oil Co., Sultan al-Jaber, to lead the planning for COP28, the global climate conference set to take place in the UAE next fall. In response to criticism from activists, Kerry justified the decision, stating, “I think that Dr. Sultan al-Jaber is a terrific choice because he is the head of the company. That company knows it needs to transition.”
Secretary Blinken Comments on JCPOA in Joint Press Conference with UK Foreign Secretary. On January 17, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken gave a joint press conference with UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly, wherein the two officials discussed partnership and support for assistance to Ukraine, peace for the people of Northern Ireland, and support for demonstrators in Iran. Most notably, Secretary Blinken commented on a potential US return to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), also known as the Iran nuclear deal, stating that “Iranians killed the opportunity to come back to that agreement swiftly many months ago.” On January 19, Secretary Blinken again spoke about Iran with EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell.
UN Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield Speaks at UNSC Briefing on Israel-Palestine. On January 18, US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield spoke at a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) briefing on the new Israeli government. During her speech, Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield reiterated the United States’ commitment to the two-state solution, condemned any unliteral actions at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound that would threaten the status quo in Jerusalem, called for the release of two Israelis imprisoned in Gaza, and called on UN member states to bolster financial support for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), the chief UN aid mechanism to Palestine.
Ambassador Hussain Travels to Mauritania. On January 19, US Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom Rashad Hussain traveled to Mauritania to meet with Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, political leaders from Nigeria, and the secretary-general of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation. The leaders discussed human rights, security issues, religious freedom, and efforts at interfaith tolerance.
Secretary Blinken Discusses Ukraine, DRC Peace Efforts with Qatari FM. On January 21, Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Qatari Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani. The two discussed international cooperation in Ukraine and peace efforts in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, as well as Qatar’s continued support for Afghanistan.
Special Advisor Minkara Travels to Saudi Arabia and Jordan. On January 21, the State Department’s Special Advisor on International Disability Rights Sara Minkara traveled to Saudi Arabia and Jordan to meet with government officials, civil society and business community members, and representatives from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation. The meetings were set around the advancement of human rights for persons with disabilities.
Assistant Secretary Sison Travels to Algeria and Morocco. On January 21, Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs Michele Sison traveled to Algeria and Morocco to discuss human rights as the two states prepare to join the United Nations Human Rights Council. Sison will meet with government and civil society leaders and will underscore the importance of the UN-led effort for a political process in Western Sahara.
3) Department of Defense
US Coalition Outpost in Syria Attacked by Drones. On January 20, the al-Tanf Garrison in Syria was attacked by three one-way attack drones. According to US Central Command (CENTCOM), one drone struck the compound, injuring two members of the Syrian Free Army. No US forces were injured in the attack.
US Signs $4.21 Billion F-16 Deal with Jordan. On January 19, Deputy Chief of the US Mission to Jordan Rohit Nepal signed a $4.21 billion F-16 fighter jet deal with Royal Jordanian Air Force Commander Brigadier General Mohammed Hiasat. The State Department had approved the sale in February 2022.
CENTCOM Commander Kurilla Welcomes Iraq’s Repatriation of al-Hol Residents. On January 18, US Central Command (CENTCOM) Commander General Michael “Erik” Kurilla commended the Iraqi government’s January 14 repatriation of 580 Iraqis from the al-Hol displaced persons camp in northeastern Syria. General Kurilla stated that al-Hol is a “flashpoint of human suffering and a recruiting opportunity for ISIS,” and argued that repatriation is the best course of action to reduce the camp’s population.
Department of Defense Moving US Artillery from Israel to Ukraine. The Department of Defense has reportedly decided to move a stockpile of American artillery from Israel to Ukraine for the latter’s use in its war against Russia. In the wake of Russia’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, the Israeli government has followed a strict policy of not providing Ukraine with lethal weapons in order to avoid upsetting Russia. But Israeli officials insist that this new weapons transfer is not a change in policy because the ammunition is American. The US ammunition stored in Israel dates to the 1973 Arab-Israeli War, and Israel has used the weaponry, with American approval, during both its 2006 war against Hezbollah and its 2014 war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
CENTCOM Partners with SDF to Capture Islamic State Operative. On January 18, US Central Command (CENTCOM) partnered with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to conduct a helicopter assault resulting in the capture of a Syrian provincial media and security operative from the so-called Islamic State (IS). According to a CENTCOM statement, the captured operative was involved with IS operations in the Middle East and elsewhere, and also contributed to global recruiting efforts.
CENTCOM Commander Kurilla Meets with Israeli Army Leadership. On January 18, US Central Command (CENTCOM) Commander General Michael “Erik” Kurilla met with the new Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi in Tel Aviv. The two leaders discussed the US-Israel military partnership and upcoming joint training exercises. The same day, General Kurilla met with Israeli Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant and visited Israeli Air Force headquarters.
CENTCOM Launches Naval Security Exercise with Bahrain. On January 15, US Central Command (CENTCOM) forces launched a 10-day maritime security exercise with Bahrain. The naval exercise consisted of a bilateral training event between the Bahrain Defense Force, Bahrain’s Ministry of the Interior, and 200 US personnel from US Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT). The training seeks to enhance cooperation between the Kingdom of Bahrain and the United States.
CENTCOM Marks One-Year Anniversary of IS Attack on Ghuwayran Detention Facility. On January 20, US Central Command (CENTCOM) marked the one-year anniversary of the so-called Islamic State’s (IS) attack on the Ghuwayran detention facility in Hasaka, Syria. The attack on the facility and the ten-day battle that ensued resulted in the deaths of 425 IS militants and of 121 members of the US-supported Syrian Democratic Forces.
4) Department of Homeland Security
Secretary Mayorkas Extends Temporary Protected Status for Somali Residents. On January 12, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas announced the extension of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Somalia until September 17, 2024. TPS designations are intended to protect refugees in the United States who cannot safely return to their home countries due to ongoing conflict, and this announcement will extend the protections for 430 current TPS holders and allow an additional 2,200 Somali residents of the United States to apply for the status. Representative Ilhan Omar (D-Minnesota), who is herself a Somali refugee, called for the TPS redesignation in December and then praised last week’s decision.
III. Judicial Branch
Supreme Court Considers Turkish Bank’s Iranian Sanctions Evasion Case. On January 17, the Supreme Court considered the case of Turkish state-owned lender Halkbank, which has been charged for allegedly helping Iran evade US sanctions. The Turkish bank is claiming sovereign immunity for protection against the lawsuit, and the justices are reportedly weighing in on whether the bank’s ties to Turkey would allow for future litigation against foreign states. Foreign governments have sovereign immunity in US courts under the 1976 Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act. Halkbank was originally charged in 2019, and US prosecutors accuse the bank of helping Iran to launder at least $1 billion through the US financial system. | <urn:uuid:1e4f62ed-5c48-4a60-9f33-f2781a0dbe83> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://arabcenterdc.org/resource/cu-01-23-23/?topic=All | 2024-02-20T22:22:30Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947473347.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20240220211055-20240221001055-00001.warc.gz | en | 0.932687 | 4,070 |
Muscat: The Military Technical College signed a memorandum of cooperation with the Oman Optical Fiber Company, to train and build educational and research capabilities at the college’s headquarters.
The memorandum was signed by Brigadier General Staff Joy (Engineer) Muhammad bin Aziz Al-Siyabi, Dean of the Military Technical College, and on behalf of the Oman Optical Fiber Company, Eng. Muhammad bin Harith Al-Barashdi, CEO of the company.
The memorandum of cooperation includes the provision of training programs through which the trainees acquire basic knowledge and applied, technical and professional expertise in the field of optical fibers, and enhance the capabilities and competencies of technicians and specialists, in addition to providing the trainees with the required skills and capabilities in the field of fiber optic technology.
The signing was attended by a number of senior officers of the Military Technical College, and a number of those concerned with the Omani Optical Fiber Company.
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Black holes are famous for their muscle: an intense gravitational pull known to gobble up entire stars and launch streams of matter into space at almost the speed of light. It turns out the reality may not live up to the hype.
|An illustration of a black hole [Credit: Michael McAleer/University of Florida]
In a paper published in the journal Science, University of Florida scientists have discovered these tears in the fabric of the universe have significantly weaker magnetic fields than previously thought.
A 40-mile-wide black hole 8,000 light years from Earth named V404 Cygni yielded the first precise measurements of the magnetic field that surrounds the deepest wells of gravity in the universe. Study authors found the magnetic energy around the black hole is about 400 times lower than previous crude estimates.
The measurements bring scientists closer to understanding how black holes’ magnetism works, deepening our knowledge of how matter behaves under the most extreme conditions — knowledge that could broaden the limits of nuclear fusion power and GPS systems.
The measurements also will help scientists solve the half-century-old mystery of how “jets” of particles traveling at nearly the speed of light shoot out of black holes’ magnetic fields, while everything else is sucked into their abysses, said study co-author Stephen Eikenberry, a professor of astronomy in UF’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
“The question is, how do you do that?” Eikenberry said. “Our surprisingly low measurements will force new constraints on theoretical models that previously focused on strong magnetic fields accelerating and directing the jet flows. We weren’t expecting this, so it changes much of what we thought we knew.”
Study authors developed the measurements from data collected in 2015 during a black hole’s rare outburst of jets. The event was observed through the lens mirror of the 34-foot Gran Telescopio Canarias, the world’s largest telescope, co-owned by UF and located in Spain’s Canary Islands, with the help of its UF-built infrared camera named CIRCE (Canarias InfraRed Camera Experiment).
Smaller jet-producing black holes, like the one observed for the study, are the rock stars of galaxies. Their outbursts occur suddenly and are short-lived, said study lead author Yigit Dalilar and co-author Alan Garner, doctoral students in UF’s astronomy department. The 2015 outbursts of V404 Cygni lasted only a couple of weeks. The previous time the same black hole had a similar episode was in 1989.
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In 2018, in the commune of Massongy, a team of Inrap archaeologists excavated a small settlement and a vast megalithic complex from the Middle Neolithic period. Since then, laboratory work has revealed a great deal of information that complements the elements already collected in the field, revealing a site of exceptional importance.
|Southern view of the megalithic sector under excavation
[Credit: Florent Notier, Inrap]
The “Chemin des Bels” site is divided into two main zones: one corresponds to the traces of a village dated to the Middle Neolithic, the so-called “Cortaillod” culture; the other to a vast contemporary megalithic complex. The latter seems to be organised according to a very coherent plan with several phases of development. A large number of artefacts were found in the fill around a large recumbent slab 3.4 m long, 1.1 m wide and 1 m high, weighing around 5 tonnes. These objects show that the various stages of occupation of the site were fairly short (one to two centuries maximum).
|Series of photographs of the large slab seen from the side with different filters
[Credit: Julie Boudry, Inrap]
Five successive phases of the site have been identified. In the first phase, a large slab was brought in. It may first have been used as a large standing menhir because it was cut into a point on one side, but on this site it was always lying down. Around it, stelae of about one metre high were erected, forming a large circle. Eight of these blocks were found in place but it is estimated that at least fifteen blocks were around the large slab. In the second phase, the blocks were laid down and buried perhaps after only a few decades. Following this phase, access around the large slab was maintained and pebble platforms were built around it. These different states show how much the place remains alive, certainly for several centuries, in parallel with the “cult” which also seems to evolve. During the last phases, the village, which is located a few dozen metres away, appears and develops.
|Photo of the large slab seen from above, during the excavation
[Credit: Florent Notier, Inrap]
During the examination of the megaliths, it was found that some of them were engraved. A photogrammetric RTI (Reflectance Transformation Imaging) method, consisting of taking a series of photos with a fixed camera while moving the light source, made it possible to record all these traces. The finest engravings, sometimes invisible to the naked eye, are then revealed. We can thus see that the large slab was engraved in several phases. Firstly, about twenty cup marks were dug out, forming a sort of large U shape. Secondly, numerous pitted indentations were made around some of the cups and below the U to form a large rectangular band. Finally, at the top of the slab, a series of intertwined chevrons have been engraved.
|RTI photo of one of the slabs engraved with geometric motifs
[Credit: Sylvie Cousseran-Nere, Inrap]
Two intentionally broken slabs (before burial?) bore multiple traces of geometric engraved lines. The RTI system makes it possible to trace the chronological order of these drawings. In both cases, quadrangular, cruciform or herringbone patterns can be seen; one possible interpretation is that these patterns represent an agricultural landscape. The “Chemin des Bels” site is located a few hundred metres from the Chablais massif. From the plateaus of this massif, the agricultural landscapes must have looked like those engraved on the stones.
|Drawing made from the RTI photo of one of the broken slabs with all the engraving
phases restored [Credit: Sylvie Cousseran-Nere, Inrap]
The “Chemin des Bels” is part of a vast group of known megalithic sites that have left numerous traces around Lake Geneva. However, its remarkable state of preservation, the proximity of a contemporary village as well as the richness of the associated material, testifying to successive rearrangements over a long period of time, make it a megalithic site of exceptional interest. | <urn:uuid:03afe0d7-a48c-4d9d-a1a2-6599731db1ff> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://archaeonewsnet.com/megaliths-with-geometrical-engravings/ | 2024-02-20T23:09:03Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947473347.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20240220211055-20240221001055-00001.warc.gz | en | 0.970615 | 901 |
Egypt’s Public Prosecution has ordered the detainment of three people pending investigation for attempting to loot a 10-ton colossus depicting pharaonic era king Ramses II after they sneaked into the southern quarry area in Upper Egypt governorate of Aswan to illegally excavate for antiquities.
The trio were caught red-handed two days earlier by the provincial security forces while trying to lift the heavy statue and excavate other artefacts in the district, the prosecution said in an official statement on Tuesday.
Manual digging tools, heavy equipment and a forklift were found in their possession.
Following examination of the site, the prosecution found traces of drilling on the three metres high and one metre wide pharaonic statue.
Basins from the Graeco-Roman era were also located there, according to the prosecution.
The quarry area, amounting to over 34 acres, is subject to the country’s Antiquities Protection Law.
The statement added that video footage sent via social media apps were found on the defendants’ mobile phones showing “statues suspected to be archaeological, and other clips of excavation work.”
The prosecution also ordered the speedy investigation of others involved in the crime.
According to the Egyptian penal code, crimes related to illegal excavation of antiquities are punishable by harsh prison sentences that amount to life imprisonment (25 years in prison) and by hefty fines. | <urn:uuid:cc2f5148-9b12-4061-bed1-6637c093c201> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://archaeonewsnet.com/three-people-detained-for-attempted-theft-of-ramses-ii-statue-in-upper-egypt/ | 2024-02-20T21:54:16Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947473347.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20240220211055-20240221001055-00001.warc.gz | en | 0.962966 | 287 |
Hawkins\Brown has completed the renovation of a former factory at 3 Haberdasher Street in London for British menswear accessories manufacturer and acclaimed maker of quality handmade ties, Drake’s.
It is a significant renovation project, restoring a classic 1930s building in a prime location on the corner of East Road and Haberdasher Street in the heart of East London’s Tech City neighbourhood.
The 4,320 sq m six-storey building relocates the company’s Clerkenwell-based workshop and Rotherhithe-based distribution centre and consolidates these services into a new London headquarters dedicated to the design, manufacture, distribution and administration of the business (the flagship store remains on Clifford Street, W1S). The development also includes prime office space and apartments for rent.
The scheme, designed in close collaboration with Drake’s, celebrates the light industrial aesthetic of the former factory building, whilst reflecting Drake’s commitment to tradition and craftsmanship through material specification and detailing.
The new double glazed Crittall windows are a prime example of this approach. Hand-made locally in Critall’s factory in Essex, they replace uPVC windows, reinstating the original glazed curve on the corner of Haberdasher Street and East Road. A herringbone pattern, ubiquitous in traditional British fabrics, is a recurring motif in the detailing, from the original wire cut bricks to the oak parquet floors and the terrace decking.
The building is accessed from Haberdasher Street with an entrance directly into a factory shop displaying a selection of ties and men’s accessories. The ground floor also includes an administration area for 16 desks, a meeting room and a warehouse with adjoining spaces for packing and distribution. Areas are subdivided by glazed Crittall screens to provide visual connection across the space.
In recognition of Drake’s strong and loyal workforce and the company’s desire to create the best environment for its employees, the design studio and workroom occupy the first floor in a free-flowing non-hierarchical layout. Whilst fabrics and patterns for ties and accessories are designed in the studio, the tie manufacturing process takes place in the workroom, with individual workstations for 18 separate quality checks.
Also located on the first floor, the staff canteen is a bright airy space that features two long tables to enable and encourage the employees of Drake’s to take their lunch together.
Hawkins\Brown’s refurbishment opens up the original building, stripping it back to its concrete frame whilst retaining and reusing original features including a caged lift and balustrades in the stairwell, port hole windows, concrete canopies and the street frontage clock which has been refurbished with Drake’s branding.
Concrete ceilings and columns are exposed to show the material of the building. Suspended ceilings have been removed and service ducts bored through the original structural beams to increase ceiling heights. Oversized disc pendant lights detract from overhead services and serve to unify the entire floor, creating a sense of non-hierarchical workspaces. Glazed Crittall partitions are utilised internally to create a light-filled and spacious working environment with extensive views out. Floors are polished screed, a robust and durable finish to withstand the constant movement of trolleys being wheeled between workstations.
Built-in furniture has been tailor made by Hawkins\Brown in close consultation with Drake’s Operational Director Chris Tanner. Crafted from MDF panels, the black units and white washed walls provide a monochrome backdrop to the brightly coloured fabrics on Drake’s production line.
Accessed via a separate entrance on Bevenden Street, the scheme also comprises prime office space for rent on the 2nd floor.
A third entrance on East Road gives access to Crafters House, the residential aspect of the development. Located on the 3rd and 4th floors of the building, it comprises nine apartments with access to a communal roof terrace. Drake’s directors - Mark Cho and Michael Hill – have taken occupation of two of the nine apartments, thereby reinstating the British tradition of living above the shop. The remaining seven apartments are being marketed as rental properties. Each apartment, two of which are duplexes, has a unique floorplan. All are finished with high quality fittings - including oiled oak parquet flooring, black Smeg freestanding fridges and open plan kitchen/diners, creating a warehouse aesthetic in keeping with the entire redevelopment. | <urn:uuid:d32beafd-7f8b-4679-960e-4ea74de3bf5f> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://architizer.com/projects/drakes/ | 2024-02-20T21:32:22Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947473347.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20240220211055-20240221001055-00001.warc.gz | en | 0.927999 | 948 |
Singing it for road safety.
Keywords: Aboriginal / Community
Submission Date: 2006 Journal
Aboriginal bands from across the Northern Territory will feature on a soon to be released compilation CD that promotes safe road use practices. A number of emerging bands took part in the inaugural Road Safety Song Competition at the 2006 Barunga Cultural and Sports Festival on the June long weekend. The Barunga community is located 80 km South East of Katherine.The winning road safety songs, recorded during the Festival, will feature on a compilation CD along with an exciting blend of traditional to contemporary music performed at Barunga. | <urn:uuid:06af4c0a-c2c0-4f95-983a-74b70864612f> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://archive.acrs.org.au/article/singing-it-for-road-safety/ | 2024-02-20T23:30:36Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947473347.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20240220211055-20240221001055-00001.warc.gz | en | 0.949318 | 126 |
Get Ready for Respiratory Care Week!
Respiratory Care Week 2021 will take place on October 24-30. The AARC team is gearing up for a time of celebrating some of the best in health care. We are excited to announce this year’s RC Week theme and provide you with plenty of opportunity to plan.
You are vital to health care, a fact made more evident than ever during the COVID-19 pandemic. We applaud the dedication you give to your patients every day. To recognize the critical and collaborative work you do, this year’s theme for National Respiratory Care Week is “Respiratory Therapists: Resilience, Strength, Hope”.
No matter where you work—from acute care to diagnostics and more—you and your respiratory therapy colleagues save lives. Let’s celebrate the profession and respiratory therapy colleagues everywhere during Respiratory Care Week.
Let’s Get Started
- Get fun activity ideas from our #RCWEEK21 Planning Guide for your RT team and community.
- Visit the #RCWEEK21 Store for your celebration gear, gifts, and apparel.
We can’t wait to celebrate with you! Let’s make this an RC Week we’ll never forget!
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With an experience of over 60 years, Ardudana company started its activity as a craft workshop, in time, becoming an internationally appreciated brand.
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Our team of specialists offers consultancy in creating a layout plan based on the measurements of the space provided by the client. Based on these layout plans, a personalized offer is generated and adapted to client's needs.
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Digital nomads can live and work in the most exotic and exciting places worldwide. Whether you’re a freelancer, entrepreneur, or remote employee, plenty of cities cater to digital nomads’ needs. In this article, we’ll show you some places to enjoy a productive day’s work while living comfortably on an affordable budget.
It’s no secret that Thailand is one of the most popular destinations for digital nomads. With the low cost of living, abundant work-from-home jobs, and a relatively relaxed culture, Thailand is perfect for those who want to live and work on a budget. Bangkok has long been considered the birthplace of digital nomadism; however, Bangkok is not the cheapest place to live in Thailand. If you want to save money, consider moving to Chiang Mai instead!
South Africa is a country with many opportunities for digital nomads. The cost of living is low, and there are abundant career opportunities in various industries, including technology. Also, the weather is good, too. South Africans are friendly and welcoming people who enjoy meeting new people from all over the world. There are many exciting things to see and do during your downtime!
Colombia is one of the best places in the world to live and work as a digital nomad. It has a great climate, beautiful beaches, delicious food, friendly people, and excellent infrastructure. The capital city of Bogota has excellent internet access with fast speeds and affordable rates (compared to many other countries). There are plenty of cafes where you can spend hours working online with your laptop or tablet. Colombia also has some incredible travel opportunities within its borders: from coffee farms in the Cordillera de Los Andes mountains to hiking trails in the La Guajira desert; from jungle villages along the Amazon river to coral reefs off Colombia’s Caribbean coast; from colonial cities such as Cartagena de Indias, or Santa Marta on Colombia’s northern coast south through Medellin − once known as Colombia’s murder capital − down into Barranquilla. You can use Colombia’s excellent healthcare system for less than $100 monthly, including dental care! A haven for those seeking a digital nomad lifestyle.
Costa Rica is one of the most popular places for digital nomads to live and work. The climate is excellent; the beaches and mountains are beautiful, and there are plenty of outdoor activities to keep you busy. Also, the cost of living is low, but the cost of the internet can be high (a coffee shop with free Wi-Fi may set you back $5-$10/day). You’ll find a good coffee shop with free Wi-Fi just about anywhere in Costa Rica – the major cities have many options, but even smaller towns usually have at least one or two places to get online. The good thing is that if you need to drive around looking for a spot, you can use your car by having the vehicle shipped to Costa Rica.
Spain is a great place for digital nomads to live and work. It has a high quality of life, good weather, cheap living costs, and a good healthcare system. Also, it’s easy to get around with excellent transport links, including trains, planes, and buses. There are also many beautiful beaches! The food is delicious – especially the seafood! You can easily get by speaking English as most young Spaniards speak some English. You can still manage to communicate if you don’t speak Spanish. Spain is also in the European Union. This makes doing business very easy here. Everything is standardized across Europe at no extra cost (like when we had to pay for our visas).
India is a very diverse country. It has every climate, from the snow-capped Himalayas to the tropical south. There are many different places to live, from beach towns and desert cities to mountain villages with little electricity or running water. The cost of living in India is quite reasonable compared to other developed countries, although it’s more expensive than most Asian countries. Plus, the food is delicious (especially vegetarian), and plenty of it—you’ll never go hungry here! The people are friendly once you get over your initial culture shock; they love talking about themselves and don’t mind being interrupted mid-sentence (but try listening anyway). If you’re staying long enough in one place, you’ll probably make friends with some locals at an internet cafe or coworking space. The weather can be hot and humid during summertime but cools off nicely by fall; this may not appeal to those who prefer warmer climates or want year-round sunshine. Winters here tend towards chilly rather than cold weather. You may require winter clothes from December through February (although no polar bears are roaming around, so there is no need for fur coats).
Mexico is a great place to live and work as a digital nomad. Mexican culture is very friendly, so this is easy if you want to get involved in the local community. The food is also delicious. Numerous cultural events happen throughout the year. As far as business goes, Mexico is one of the best countries for starting your own business because of its low cost of living and high standard of living. It has low tax rates (especially compared with other Latin American countries). This means that you can keep more money if you choose not to hire employees or rent an office space; however, if you do opt for hiring employees or renting an office space, this will increase your costs slightly, depending on how much staff/space you need.
Bulgaria is the cheapest place to live in Europe. Also, Bulgaria has good weather, several cafes and restaurants, and great transport links to other countries. Bulgaria is a great place for families. It has an excellent digital infrastructure with fast internet connections in most places. Many coworking spaces offer free or cheap desks for digital nomads to work from.
Israel is an exciting place to live and work. It’s home to many of the world’s most innovative companies, constantly looking for new talent in cybersecurity and artificial intelligence. Plus, living in Israel gives you access to some of the best beaches in the world! There are many reasons for digital nomads to consider making Israel their home: a strong tech community, a high-tech hub, a good quality of life, an excellent work-life balance, and a low cost of living.
Turkey is a country that offers many opportunities for digital nomads and entrepreneurs. It’s one of the most popular countries for digital nomads to live and work in due to its low cost, high standard of living, and great weather. The country has an active start-up culture with many coworking spaces catering to digital nomads worldwide. Many online resources are also available on Facebook groups like Digital Nomad Hub Istanbul. Here, you can connect with other like-minded people who want to work remotely while exploring Turkey’s rich history, cuisine, and culture!
Amazing places to live and work as a digital nomad!
There are many places around the world where you can work and live comfortably on a budget. The best places to live and work in terms of cost are Chiang Mai, Thailand; Budapest, Hungary; Bali, Indonesia; Lisbon, Portugal; Bangkok, and Thailand.
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- Reykjavik, Iceland (best place for cold weather);
- Albury/Wodonga, New South Wales, Australia (best place for warm weather);
- Wellington, New Zealand (best place for great food); Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (best place for safety).
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The Arizona Cardinals' 2012 season has been a disappointment after a promising 4-0 start, with a nine-game losing streak and four different quarterbacks. Because of the struggles that Arizona has had, the security of head coach Ken Whisenhunt's job has been a major topic of conversation.
"There's going to be changes in Arizona," Mortensen said. "By the way, there's going to be a lot of general manager changes," he added about a number of teams including the Cardinals.
Mortensen pointed specifically to the offensive struggles and inability to find a reliable quarterback as reasons that Whisenhunt's six-year tenure in Arizona could be in danger of ending.
"Because of the quarterback situation and just how they have botched it and I know [Whisenhunt] well, I have great respect for him and I believe he will be a head coach again if he's fired," Mortensen explained. "But the quarterback thing is really on both of them and you know that the owners, the Bidwill family, are very frustrated."
Whisenhunt and the Cardinals wrap up the 2012 regular season on Sunday against the San Francisco 49ers. Kickoff at Candlestick Park is scheduled for 2:25 p.m. MT. | <urn:uuid:3abf0f05-b55d-48ae-b332-c72fc95cd242> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://arizona.sbnation.com/arizona-cardinals/2012/12/29/3815144/arizona-cardinals-changes-2013 | 2024-02-20T23:04:15Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947473347.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20240220211055-20240221001055-00001.warc.gz | en | 0.977896 | 255 |
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There is no question that the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way healthcare is delivered. Not only are patients more cautious about where they get care and who they come in contact with, but they are more aware of how much they are spending on healthcare services. Additionally, drastic swings in the media’s handling of the pandemic and more lenient health plan policies have caused shifts in prescribing patterns this year – including everything from types of medications being prescribed, to volumes of prescription orders, to how the medications are being delivered to patients.
A Shift in Patient Sentiment, Safety, and Willingness to Pay
As pandemic restrictions hit nearly every corner of the globe, entire industries were devastated overnight. A side-effect of the sweeping shutdowns was pervasive job loss and fear. America hit its highest levels of unemployment in decades, and is still facing an unemployment rate of more than 10% (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2020). The combination of unemployment and uncertainty about the future contributed to our economy taking a nosedive, with hundreds of companies filing for bankruptcy protection, and many more closing for good. People across the country faced financial hardships, and became more cost-conscious than ever before. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released data that showed a massive 18% decrease in consumer healthcare spending in particular across the first half of this year (Bureau of Economic Analysis, 2020). Billions of dollars stopped flowing into our healthcare system nearly overnight, and people were thinking more critically about how they allocated their money toward care. PwC released a report and took this research one step further. They discovered that 22% of people surveyed were planning to adjust their prescription drug spending this year, with upwards of 29% of respondents saying they are looking to ‘stretch’ their medications by skipping doses to save money (PwC Health Research Institute, 2020). To put it simply, people are beginning to put their health at risk in order to save money in the near-term.
Not only are patients rethinking their healthcare budgets this year, especially when it comes to prescription drug spending, but they are also reassessing care delivery altogether. At the height of the pandemic, ambulatory and outpatient visits dropped nearly 60% compared to baseline levels (and are still below normal levels). With lockdowns keeping people at home, most elective visits were cancelled. However, as the country began to open up, patients were, and still are, afraid of going into the doctor’s office to receive care. Personal safety and fear of infection have been prevalent themes in recent reports. In a recent Gallup survey for example, more than 40% of those surveyed were ‘very concerned’ to go to a doctor’s office because of the safety risk (Gallup, 2020). This has led to a drastic shift toward virtual care, which many expect is here to stay.
Shifts in Prescribing Trends This Year
While cost and safety concerns have caused decreases in patient volumes since the height of the pandemic, prescription volumes have followed a much different path.
Data from Arrive Health (formerly RxRevu) client health systems shows significant increases in certain medication class orders earlier this year. For example, orders for chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine spiked by 125% and 90% respectively in March of this year. These jumps in prescription orders in our data align with more widely publicized reports from the New York Times, which claim that nationwide publicity of these medications have caused spikes in requests, even though there was limited evidence to support their effectiveness. As seen in Figure 1 below, orders for these medications leveled off across the rest of the half, which aligned with a 77% decrease in media mentions of these drugs on certain news networks (CNN, 2020). Albuterol, a medication meant to help with shortness of breath, also saw an increase in orders of around 50%, likely due to its ability to treat COVID-19 symptoms.
Beyond medications that were publicized to treat symptoms of COVID-19, many other medications saw spikes earlier this year. Again looking at Arrive Health client data, we saw 5% to 15% increases in anxiolytic, hypnotic sleep, antihyperglycemic, and antihypertensive therapies. Data from Express Scripts showed increases of 34.1% in anti-anxiety medication orders, 18.6% increases in antidepressant medication orders, 14.8% increase in sleep medication orders (Express Scripts, 2020), but the modest increases we saw were interesting nonetheless. While we can’t say definitively that these drug orders spiked – as some news sites have – because of increased patient diagnoses that would trigger the prescriptions orders, there are a few likely reasons why orders of these medications increased in March of this year. For example, both the CDC and AARP recommended ‘stockpiling’ or requesting early refills of prescriptions to prevent unnecessary physician visits during the height of the pandemic. Further, many health plans lifted restrictions on filling prescriptions early and 90-day fills. Lastly millions of American’s may have requested medications because they were, unfortunately, likely to lose their employer insurance coverage (HealthcareDive, 2020). Research is still being conducted about the how the pandemic is impacting those that face anxiety and depression, but it would be difficult to align early drug spikes with increased prevalence of these conditions.
Looking at the month of June on Figure 2 below helps paint a clearer picture, since we saw a second dramatic increase in prescription orders for anxiolytic, hypnotic sleep, antidepressant, antihyperglycemic, and antihypertensive therapies. This rebound in orders could be attributed to a three-month refill cycle which started in March, and is rearing its head in June. This shift to a three-month fulfillment option is supported by data published in a recent International Business Times article which stated that there was an 18% increase in three-month prescription orders between mid-March and mid-April (IBTimes, 2020). Additional data points to a 21% increase in mail-order drugs compared to last year (Wall Street Journal, 2020), likely due to the aforementioned safety concerns about going into a doctor’s office or pharmacy.
What These Shifts Might Mean and What is Our New Normal
As Americans become accustomed to various types of telehealth as a means of care, healthcare professionals and technology companies are looking for ways to innovate, while improving the patient and provider experience. Most telehealth companies are working quickly to streamline EHR integrations, medication ordering processes, and patient data capture. Further, patients and physicians are looking for simple-to-use tools to better communicate with one another. One positive side-effect of the pandemic is a shift in providers’ willingness to adopt telehealth as a means of delivering effective care. In a recent survey, most physicians said that they were comfortable prescribing routine medications for non-severe problems over common telemedicine platforms (GoodRx, 2020). By integrated the prescribing process into the new telehealth workflow, providers can be assured they are ordering medications in a safe and secure way.
Healthcare analysts expect COVID-19 to be present for many more months, which means a number of things are likely to hold true this year:
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- Second, millions of Americans have faced or are going to face economic hardships. While unemployment might be improving, the fear of job loss, a volatile stock market, and the need to recover from a tumultuous 2020 is causing many to think twice about how they spend – and save – their money. As prescription drug costs continue to rise, pricing information is going to be requested more and more by patients. Tools like Arrive Health’s Real-Time Prescription Benefit solution SwiftRx Direct, which is able to provide patient-specific coverage and cost information at the point-of-care, will help patients and providers make more informed decisions about which medications are covered, and which are the most cost-effective.
- Finally, since COVID-19 is such a new infection, treatments are going to be introduced by companies looking to change the world or make a quick buck. However, the media, patients, and providers need to consider whether these treatments have gone through the appropriate clinical trials, and if there is sufficient evidence to warrant mass distribution. Our society needs to rely on data and research to understand this disease and how to treat it. Rushing to conclusions about treatments will cause more harm than good.
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Friday, April 20, 2018
D.W. Griffith: Master of Cinema by Ira Gallen
Gallen, a film & TV historian, collector, and archivist, has done tremendous work in recent years in championing Griffith's legacy, between authoring this book, and editing Seymour Stern's writing on Griffith's still-extremely controversial masterwork, The Birth of a Nation, which must certainly rank as one of the most important contributions to silent film scholarship. (He also has posted a number of videos of Griffith's Biograph shorts on his YouTube channel, contributing a valuable online archive of Griffith's early films.)
D.W. Griffith: Master of Cinema is focused on Griffith's early life and his career in film up through his final year at Biograph. By concentrating his study on this, the most fertile period of Griffith's career, Gallen provides a comprehensive overview of the innovations that the director was making in leaps and bounds during those years. This study, which contains analyses and production histories of key Biograph short subjects, clearly establishes Griffith's contributions to the development of film grammar, without either the hyperbolic and exaggerated claims that have been made in Griffith's favor in the past, or the tendency in recent years to downplay Griffith's contributions in favor of shining a (deserved) light on the achievements of other directors of the period.
The final sections of the book contain details about Griffith's producing arrangement with the Aitken brothers, which resulted in The Birth of a Nation, and a scrapbook of photos from the Biograph company. Gallen also includes commentary on Griffith's legacy from leading film historians such as Kevin Brownlow and Arthur Lennig, and addresses the cowardly and shameful removal of Griffith's name from the DGA's career achievement award in 1999, solely on the basis of the racism of The Birth of a Nation. Sadly, such an act seems somehow appropriate given the film industry's shabby treatment of Griffith during much of his own lifetime as well.
D.W. Griffith: Master of Cinema is a first-rate piece of film scholarship that does justice to the complexity and importance of its subject, and Gallen is to be commended for his in-depth study of this master filmmaker's formative years, which are really the formative years of the art of cinema.
Buy the book at Barnes and Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dw-griffith-ira-h-gallen/1123134988
Ira Gallen's Website: https://www.tvdays.com/
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Today, I’m going to share with you some important Civil Rights art. Art is such a vital tool to understanding the emotions, beliefs, and ideas of people throughout history. Art gives us insights into people like no other can. Please, use these artworks to supplement your social studies lessons about this time period and also use the list of civil rights art as an avenue to discuss the influences behind current events.
Big Idea: Art helps us understand the emotions, beliefs, and ideas of people in a particular place during a particular time.
To help discuss artwork with your kids, read this post for tips.
Remember to have the students look, discuss, write, and think about the artwork before giving them any information about the artwork. Use the questions below or one of my free art appreciation worksheets as a starting place. I also have a 20-pack of worksheets available for in the Art Class Curator Store if you want more options.
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This art worksheets bundle from the Art Class Curator includes 25 ready-to-use art worksheets for use with individual works of art. The worksheets for art in this document are designed to work with lots of different types of artworks, so you can just pick an artwork, print a worksheet, and start the activity. Each has instructions at the top and plenty of space to do the activity.
Recommended Age: 5th grade and up
Andy Warhol, Race Riot, 1964
Pop artist, Andy Warhol, wasn’t particularly known for his serious artworks. However in this work, he employed his usual strategies of repetition and color that he used he did in his iconic works of Campbell’s Soup Cans and portraits of Marilyn Monroe to create and emotional and political impact. The photograph repeated in Warhol’s artwork is of police officers in Birmingham sicking attack dogs on a retreating black man.
Although some might argue that the repetition of the image desensitizes us, I think the repetition forces the viewer to keep looking and keep thinking about the subject. The addition of the colors, especially taking into consideration the symbolism of red, white, and blue, enhances the emotion of this civil rights art and adds powerful commentary to the photos.
David Hammons, The Door (Admissions Office), 1969
This artwork packs such a punch that I don’t really think it needs many words from me. Hammons made a print of his body on the admissions door highlighting the struggles African Americans had in pursuit of an education. The figure looks desperate to get in, but the door is locked.
This would be an excellent artwork for a poetry activity. Have students take the role of the figure in the painting and try to think from his or her perspective.
Jae Jarrell, Urban Wall Suit, circa 1969
Not all art at this time was about the brutality and the darkness, many black artists embraced positivity and connectedness in their work. This artwork by fashion designer, Jae Jarrell, captures the spirit of excitement that came from the rallies, speeches, and marches that proud people together.
I want you to read what Jae Jarrell wrote about this time here at the Brooklyn Museum website. She writes about her experiences in COBRA, the Coalition of Black Revolutionary Artists. It’s powerfully written and her pride for the work they did together shines through her words and her art. The short article also tells about this artwork, so head over there to learn more!
Speeches, marches, rallies, and demonstrations filled the airwaves, newscasts, and Black artists’ consciousness nationwide. It was a call to all the aesthetically endowed to show up! Bring it: outspoken word, music with infectious cadence, images that look like me and mine, fond titles of ‘Sister’ and ‘Brother,’ and the Black community was utopia. — Jae Jarrell, June 2013
Sam Gilliam, Red April, 1970
Usually, art that looks like this has no other sort of alternative meaning or reference. Artists are careful to give titles like “Untitled” or “Composition #34” or whatever. In this case though, Sam Gilliam took this Abstract Expressionist style and infused it with meaning and emotion. He called his painting Red April which refers to the April 1968 assassination and subsequent rioting in Washington, D.C., where the artist lived. I had chosen a more illustrative example for this slot, but I liked the idea of choosing something without a clear meaning, so students can think about how to express emotions and stories without showing any specific imagery.
Moneta Sleet Jr., Rosa Parks, Dr. and Mrs. Abernathy, Dr. Ralph Bunche, and Dr. and Mrs. Martin Luther King, Jr. leading marchers into Montgomery, 1965
What a powerful photograph! Make sure you click it so you can see it bigger to really get the full effect. It includes many of the most important leaders of the Civil Rights Movement including Dr. and Mrs. Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, and others. But it also includes thousands of ordinary citizens fighting for African American citizens’ right to vote. They marched from Selma, Alabama to the state capitol, Montgomery. Just over four months later, the 1965 Voting Rights Act was signed into law.
This photograph captures the solidarity, the power, the emotion, and the spirit of the time. The photographer photographed Martin Luther King, Jr. several times and won the 1969 Pulitzer Prize for his photo of Dr. King’s widow at his funeral.
The Smithsonian’s website, History Explorer, has a great PDF resource for learning about historical photographs. Visit this link and then scroll down and click “Engaging Students with Primary Sources.” There is a chapter on photography.
Civil Rights Art Resources
Free Resources on the Web:
- Oh Freedom! Teaching African American Civil Rights Through American Art at the Smithsonian – More Artworks, Lesson Plans, and Student-created podcasts
- Witness: Art and Civil Rights in the Sixties
- Engaging Students with Primary Sources
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"To express what he saw [Pat Hanly] developed a special way of working that was part action painting and part tight form. Out of this emerged beautiful paintings of gardens and still life's where the power streamed from flowers and figure studies that were filled with energy inside severe outlines..." - T.J.McNamara (2004). Hanly's artistic preference was occupied with his thoughts and need to express social conscience of varying political distress and the observation of "the human condition". Hanly left school before he had matriculated, which meant he had to enroll as a non-Diploma student at the Canterbury College School of Art. Hanly is said to have won the 1953 Turner Prize for Landscape. He later won the Manawatu Prize for Contemporary Art in 1966, '63, '64 and '67. After his studies at the University of Canterbury, Hanly went on to travel to Europe. Many women have been depicted in his works representing a universal experience that all women share, as opposed to individual womanhood experiences. Some of his key series include Figures in the Light, The Fire this Time, Pure Painting and Condition, Innocence, Inside the Garden and Golden Age. | <urn:uuid:00fb9b66-6263-4766-aa1b-3b2560a726d8> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://artcollection.auckland.ac.nz/record/69236?query=*&index=8&filters=YToxOntpOjA7czozNToiZGVzY3JpcHRpb25vbmx5X2tleXdvcmQ6JTIyTXVyYWwlMjIiO30= | 2024-02-20T21:41:21Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947473347.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20240220211055-20240221001055-00001.warc.gz | en | 0.984333 | 242 |
Crafted by the Lambadis of Tamil Nadu
The artisans used a variety of stitches to embroider a simple evergreen branch on these beige linen napkins. An edging stitch in a complementary color has been applied to the border.
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OpenAI eyes developing an ‘iPhone of artificial intelligence’: After a fresh investment, it’s looking to partner with LoveFrom to develop an AI-driven consumer device.
Best Buy has a new plan to capture shoppers’ attention: The struggling consumer electronics retailer launched Best Buy Drops, an app-only feature that offers limited-time deals and product releases.
Agility beats Tesla at mass production of humanoid robots: Its RoboFab will churn out 10,000 Digit bots annually, beating Tesla’s Optimus to market. Price is the limiting factor.
The UAW strike affects 9% of its 150,000 members and stops production at Detroit’s Big Three, inviting delivery delays and competitive loss.
Big Tech’s shift to support products longer and enable right-to-repair is becoming more important than feature upgrades and innovation.
Apple’s iPhone 15 under fire despite upgrades: The smartphone slump means even Apple loyalists are picky. The tech giant will have to work hard to keep users.
Global smartphone shipments could hit a decade low of 1.15 billion units—a 4.7% YoY drop. Innovation stagnation is the key culprit, but iPhones are gaining ground.
Best Buy believes we’ve hit a low point in tech demand: The combination of inflation and shifting spending patterns has made for a tough environment for the consumer electronics retailer.
The battle between Epic Games and Valve takes its next step: In an attempt to become the dominant digital gaming storefront, Epic is letting developers keep a huge cut of revenues.
Lamborghini unveils its first EV powered by AI: It wants to redefine the future of supercars with cutting-edge technologies while responding to the push for luxury EVs.
New USB-C charging ports are the biggest change for upcoming iPhones. We could be facing an innovation slump for smartphones as manufacturers push to raise prices.
Betting big on premium foldables when smartphone shipments are plummeting is a luxury for the world’s leading smartphone maker, but it bodes well for future growth.
Computer and consumer electronics purchased during the pandemic are due for an upgrade, which is good news for Amazon and retail as a whole. But besides that possible bright spot, this year’s Prime Day event will likely be “unremarkable” as other retailers steal Amazon’s spotlight.
Consumers’ pullback in discretionary spending is having an outsized impact on Best Buy: The retailer’s comparable sales fell 10.1% year-over-year in Q1.
Best Buy is in a tough spot: Given the challenging market for consumer electronics, the retailer is revamping its membership program to try to boost loyalty and drive sales.
GM cancels its best-selling EV, the Chevy Bolt, while Tesla slashes prices to accelerate sales. Intensifying competition could be the opportunity for consumers to switch to EVs.
Its chip division will post a steep Q1 loss due to high inventories and slowing demand for PCs and smartphones. Austerity measures could sideline its expansion plans.
The world's largest chipmaker forecast a 16% sales tumble in Q2 as the tech sector slows down. Its plans for new factory locations could be in peril.
Optimizing its user interface for touchscreens could help to make Microsoft’s Windows 11 a viable option for gaming on future handheld devices without investing in a mobile console to compete with Nintendo or Sony.
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Danny Lyon: Message to the Future at the Whitney Museum of American Art
Danny Lyon: Message to the Future is the first comprehensive retrospective of the career of Danny Lyon (b. 1942) to be presented in twenty-five years. The exhibition is organized by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and will premiere at the Whitney in June 2016 before traveling to San Francisco.
The exhibition assembles approximately 175 photographs and related films and ephemera to highlight Lyon’s concern with social and political issues and the welfare of individuals considered by many to be on the margins of society. The presentation includes many objects that have seldom or never been exhibited before and offers a rare look at works from Lyon’s archives alongside important loans from major public and private collections in the United States. This is also the first exhibition to assess the artist’s achievements as a filmmaker.
A leading figure in the American street photography movement of the 1960s, Lyon has distinguished himself by the personal intimacy he establishes with his subjects and the inventiveness of his practice. With his ability to find beauty in the starkest reality, Lyon has through his work provided a charged alternative to the bland vision of American life often depicted in the mass media.
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TOKYO, Feb 5, 2024 – (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) – Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (hereafter, Mitsubishi Motors) announced today that it has begun exports of the all-new Xforce compact SUV manufactured at PT Mitsubishi Motors Krama Yudha Indonesia (hereafter, MMKI), Mitsubishi Motors’ factory in Indonesia.
The commemorative ceremony was held at the port of Tanjung Priok, located approximately 10 km north of the capital city of Jakarta, with many guests, including officials from the Indonesian and Japanese governments, as well as Mitsubishi Motors’ related parties.
The Vietnam will serve as the first export market for the vehicle in ASEAN, and the vehicle will be rolled out in stages to other ASEAN countries such as the Philippines, followed by South Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa.
“We are very proud to export from our production hub in Indonesia. Going forward, we hope to export to various regions, thereby making a further contribution to the Indonesian economy and the development of the Indonesian automobile industry.” said Takao Kato, president and chief executive officer, Mitsubishi Motors.
In December last year, Mitsubishi Motors began production of the Minicab EV in Indonesia, a kei-car1 class electric commercial vehicle, the first such production at one of the company’s overseas affiliates. Efforts will continue to build a production and supply system that can respond flexibly to the times and new demand.
1. Kei-car is a vehicle category in Japan for microcars.
Xforce features (Vietnam specifications)
Drive System: 2WD
Overall length x width x height (mm): 4,390 x 1,810 x 1,660
Engine: 1.5L DOHC 16-valve MIVEC engine
Max. output (kW/rpm) : 77 / 6,000
Max. torque (Nm/rpm) : 141 / 4,000
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Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (TSE:7211) —a member of the Alliance with Renault and Nissan—, is a global automobile company based in Tokyo, Japan, which has about 30,000 employees and a global footprint with production facilities around the world. Mitsubishi Motors has a competitive edge in SUVs, pickup trucks and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, and appeals to ambitious drivers willing to challenge convention and embrace innovation. Since the production of our first vehicle more than a century ago, Mitsubishi Motors has been a leader in electrification—launched the i-MiEV –the world’s first mass-produced electric vehicle in 2009, followed by the Outlander PHEV –the world’s first plug-in hybrid electric SUV in 2013. For more information on Mitsubishi Motors, please visit the company’s website at https://www.mitsubishi-motors.com/en/
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ASPA 2024 Annual Conference Nesta M. Gallas Lecturer Announced
ASPA is pleased to announce that one of its most devoted leaders and volunteers, Marc Holzer, will be honored with the 2024 Nesta M. Gallas Award during this April's Annual Conference.
Established in 2014 (by Marc and others) to honor Nesta M. Gallas' legacy by recognizing the lifetime achievements of dedicated public servants who uphold ASPA's core values—including equity, ethics, accountability and professionalism—this award is one of ASPA's most prestigious. We look forward to honoring Marc's distinguished career during this very special plenary lecture.
The founding dean of the School of Public Affairs and Administration at Rutgers University and now distinguished research professor at Suffolk University, Marc is a prominent international leader in public administration and has been recognized by many international public management leadership organizations. He is an ASPA past president and founder of the Northeast Conference on Public Administration, as well as ASPA's Sections on Korea, China and Humanities/Arts. He is a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration and the World Academy of Productivity Science, and has been recognized with more than 20 national and international awards for his contributions in the field of research, teaching and service.
Supported by Nesta early in his career, Marc worked with others to create this award in her honor a decade ago and now will receive it this spring. He has spent his career advancing ASPA's core values, as well as transforming public administration into an inclusive field through his research and scholarship and mentorship to those entering the field. Additionally, his more than 50 years of leadership have examined the challenges of enlightened public administration in search of human dignity and reason, including diversity, to sustain constitutional democracy. His steadfast commitment to encouraging, mentoring and celebrating the next generation of public servants is a model to which we all should aspire, and one of which Nesta would be very proud.
Plan to be in Minneapolis for the 2024 Annual Conference as we honor Marc’s career and legacy.
Meet ASPA's National Headquarters Staff
Did you know all of ASPA's services, benefits, events, publications and other programs are produced by six dedicated staff at the national headquarters? Led by CEO and Executive Director Bill Shields, Jr.—who has recently agreed to remain at the head of the organization for another five years—this team of dedicated professionals is here to serve you for any of your ASPA needs. Read on to learn more about our team members.
Karen E. T. Garrett, CAE
Chief of Communications, Marketing and Membership and Managing Editor, PA TIMES
Started at ASPA: 2015
Karen E. T. Garrett began working for ASPA in October 2015, where she serves as chief of communications, marketing and membership. She has more than 20 years of association management expertise and is responsible for all of ASPA’s communications and marketing activities, membership recruitment/retention, Chapters and Sections relations and website administration, as well as serving as the managing editor of PA TIMES magazine and PA Times Online. She has used her time at ASPA to further develop her range of skills, including expanding ASPA’s public voice to a broader range of constituents through a variety of marketing efforts; professionalizing membership outreach efforts and engaging with constituencies to promote ASPA as a valued society of choice; amplifying its online presence through a polished website and active social media engagement; and more. Garrett received her BA from American University in 2001 and her CAE from ASAE: The Learning Center in 2019. Contact Karen.
Started at ASPA: 2024
Kelynn Keegan joined the American Society for Public Administration staff as event associate in January 2024. In this role, she is responsible for executing all aspects of ASPA's Annual Conference as it pertains to hotel logistics, onsite needs, guest accommodations, vendor relationships and more. She also produces ASPA's webinar program, in coordination with other ASPA staff members, and supports any of ASPA's meetings and logistics needs. Prior to ASPA, Keegan worked in various facets of the corporate events industry for seven years, in both for-profit and nonprofit capacities, most recently assisting in executing two international scientific conferences. In her free time, Keegan enjoys serving as a team captain and referee for local adult social sports leagues. Keegan attended Longwood university as an undergraduate and is pursuing her Certified Meeting Manager certification.
Started at ASPA: 2023
Leilani Kieti joined the American Society for Public Administration staff as membership associate in September 2023. In this role, she is responsible for membership retention and recruitment, as well as providing member services and customer assistance. She supports the membership process by bridging communication between ASPA members and the ASPA staff and community. Before ASPA, she was part of the team at the Partnership for Public Service, where she analyzed survey research. Kieti received her BA from the University of Maryland, College Park, in 2023. Contact Leilani.
Conference Manager and Member Services Specialist
Started at ASPA: 2006
As conference manager, Amy Omang primarily is responsible for the management, coordination and logistical aspects of ASPA's annual conference education sessions. She also works with the rest of the ASPA team in providing general conference support, and produces many of ASPA’s webinar sessions. Before coming to ASPA, she worked as director of meetings and education with the American Staffing Association. She has worked for and with various trade and nonprofit associations, as well as state government projects. Omang has a B.B.A. in accounting and finance from the University of Portland. She is a fitness instructor and is active with various community organizations including Family Promise and Big Brothers and Big Sisters. Contact Amy.
Bill Shields, Jr.
Executive Director and CEO
Started at ASPA: 2014
Bill Shields became executive director and CEO of ASPA in January 2014. During his tenure, he has significantly broadened the Society’s professional development programming, strengthened its Chapters and Sections, revitalized its operations and enhanced the quality of its communications. He has recommitted the Society to its core mission of advancing excellence in public service and made considerable inroads in partnering with like-minded organizations on a wide range of activities. He brings more than 15 years of executive and management experience in the nonprofit sector to this position, most recently as vice president of the National Low Income Housing Coalition, the nation's leading public policy organization dedicated to ensuring that people with the lowest incomes have affordable and decent homes. There, he was responsible for the organization’s operational, financial, membership and outreach functions. For more than a decade before, he held senior management and research positions at the National Academy of Public Administration. As vice president, chief operating officer and director of communications, he worked extensively with the Academy’s elected Fellows and served on research teams studying organization and management issues at the U.S. Departments of Defense, Housing and Urban Development and Transportation. He earned his MA in government and BA in journalism from American University, where he has been an adjunct professor since 2000. In 2015, he received the School of Public Affairs’ award for outstanding teaching in an adjunct position. He is an elected Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration and a member of the governing board of NIGP: The Institute for Public Procurement. Contact Bill.
Governance and Program Associate
Started at ASPA: 2023
Jordan Thomas joined ASPA as governance and program associate at the American Society for Public Administration in July 2023. In this role, he is responsible for a wide array of ASPA’s programing. He is the direct liaison for ASPA’s group and institutional memberships, while also managing the Founders’ Fellows and awards programs. He also is the organization’s National Council liaison, including assisting several committees that support ASPA's leadership. He has 10 years of experience in nonprofit operations, political campaign management and business-to-business sales. He spent the majority of his life living overseas in several countries throughout the Middle East and Africa, but has resided in Washington, DC for more than a decade. Thomas received his BA in international affairs from The George Washington University. Contact Jordan.
E-Learning at Your Fingertips
ASPA staff work tirelessly to keep your skills up to date and the information flowing all year long through our e-learning program. Visit our website to see more details about upcoming KeepingCurrent, BookTalk and Student and New Professional series programming.
Students and New Professionals: Careers in Federal Government: Searching for a Job, Succeeding in It
February 8 | 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. EST
Sponsored By Suffolk University
Lindsey Evans, Moderator, Assistant Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University
Janice Lachance, Executive Vice President, American Geophysical Union
Steven Putansu, Senior Social Science Analyst, U.S. Government Accountability Office
"Shape America’s Future" is the tagline on USAJOBS, the federal government’s online portal to thousands of federal jobs based in Washington, DC and around the country. However, the federal job search process can be daunting for new graduates pursuing a public service career. How do you develop an effective application and get it seen? How do you master the art of the interview and hiring process? And, once hired, how can you make a federal career work for you? Our speakers will answer these questions and others during this hands-on session.
Students and New Professionals: Building an Inclusive Public Administration Pathway
February 13 | 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. EST
Jennifer Martinez-Medina, Moderator, Doctoral Candidate, Portland State University
Delia Olmos-Garcia, Executive Director, Willamette Academy
J. Brandon Phillips, Assistant Professor, California State University—East Bay
Arun Sambataro, Policy Advisor, King County Government
In today's rapidly evolving and diverse world, the field of public administration must adapt to meet the needs of an ever-changing society. Yet there are many barriers to entry to the profession for non-traditional public servants. One of the key ways to overcome this challenge is to establish a robust and inclusive public administration pathway for new and non-traditional public servants. This webinar will provide an exploration of strategies and practices aimed at creating a diverse and equitable talent pipeline that reflects the rich tapestry of the communities it serves.
Students and New Professionals: Hot Jobs in Government
March 7 | 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. EST
Sponsored By West Chester University
Kiersten Farmer, Data Scientist, City of Henderson, Nevada
Angie Kline, Moderator, Associate Professor and MPA Program Director, West Chester University
Carrie Mathes, Chief Procurement Officer, Orange County Government, Florida
What if some of the most in-demand government jobs are ones you have never heard of or thought about? Take procurement, a profession that does not get the attention it deserves in the classroom, but is responsible for $2 trillion in government spending every year. Or, diversity and inclusion, an area receiving increased public visibility, but also where governments are still playing catch up. A panel of public service professionals from the front lines will share with you the emerging “hot jobs in government,” positions where you can see the value of your work each day. They will highlight the ins and outs of these jobs and share tips on how to get your foot in the door to make a difference in positions that governments across the nation are looking to fill.
From the Archives
BookTalk: Bridgebuilders: How Government Can Transcend Boundaries to Solve Big Problems
Bill Eggers and Don Kettl joined ASPA's webinar series in June 2023 to talk about this release. Pandemics. Climate change. Refugee resettlement. Global supply chains. We face a new generation of complex problems that stretch across the public and private sectors and flow over organizational boundaries. To meet the moment, we need a fresh, new approach that strengthens institutions and government agencies by breaking free from organizational boxes and rigid, top-down leadership. Listen to this important discussion via our members-only archives. (Members only.)
In Memoriam: Lyle Wray
Lyle Wray, age 73, died earlier this month at UConn Hospital in West Hartford, Connecticut, after a long and difficult journey with cancer.
Wray joined ASPA in 1985 and was an active member in the decades since, participating in the Connecticut Chapter, where he served in leadership for a time, the Section on International and Comparative Administration, the Section on Public Performance and Management and others. He served on a number of national committees including several conference planning committees, the Center for Accountability and Performance board, finance committee, government taskforce and international relations task force. He attended numerous annual conferences over the years and was awarded ASPA's Elmer B. Staats Award, one of ASPA's lifetime achievement awards, in 2022.
Wray was born in 1950 to parents Clarence and Mary Ellen Wray in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. He moved to the United States in the 1970s and maintained dual citizenship throughout his life. He received his BA, MA and PhD in psychology from the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. He completed the State and Local Government executive program at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
Wray was executive director of the Capitol Region Council of Governments in Hartford, Connecticut, for almost 20 years and an active member of Regional Plan Association's Connecticut Committee for that time, as well. He was a well-known advocate for regional cooperation and was passionate about sharing his powerful insights about the growth and governance of metropolitan regions and how to improve them. He advocated on many issues, from property tax reform to better regional transportation investment and planning. In 2019, he led the publication of a new Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy that set aggressive growth goals for the region to accomplish over a five-year period. With his keen wit, friendly charm and brilliant intellect, he was equal parts regional planner, political philosopher and humanist. He was focused on promoting the public good and thinking creatively about ways to deliver better policy that would improve people’s lives. He also served on the board of the National Civic League and its Council of Advisors. He was an adjunct professor at the University of Connecticut.
Wray also served as county administrator and human services director for Dakota County, Minnesota, and executive director of the nonpartisan Citizens League. He was president of the Community Indicator Consortium.
In 2017 he was elected as a member of the National Academy of Public Administration. He was active as a practitioner and graduate school instructor in performance measurement. He co-authored the performance management book Results That Matter and several publications on the topic for the International City/County Managers Association (ICMA).
Over many years, Wray worked with international, state, regional and local governments as well as not-for-profit organizations, always in pursuit of results that matter for people and communities. He was intellectually curious, always the teacher, a world traveler, an author and innovator, and a science fiction buff. He loved the truth no matter where it led.
Wray is survived by his spouse, Lloyd Johnson; sister Lois (Les) Walterson; and a host of colleagues and friends both in Connecticut and Minnesota. He will be sorely missed.
You can find an obituary online here.
Advertise with ASPA!
Did you know you can advertise your organization's services, university's schools, nonprofit's resources or professional services in ASPA publications?
ASPA hosts advertising opportunities all year long, providing those looking to expand their brand with a wide variety of ways to do so, targeting all corners of ASPA's audiences. From a single website placement to a long-term ad in this newsletter to advertising at the Annual Conference, there are so many opportunities to use ASPA's media to promote your brand. Print, digital or social, content- or image-based, we are happy to work with your needs to find a placement that suits your marketing program. More, exposure is broad: Each placement will reach more than 3,000 people (30,000 for web placements) with a viewership that updates and changes regularly. Your brand placement will never get stale in ASPA media!
Contact us before January 31 for an ad placement and we'll provide you with a 25 percent discount on any ad you reserve* for the first quarter of 2024. Options include:
Interested in having your branding across all of these choices? We can customize a package for you! Reach out to us for more information and we'll be pleased to help you book an advertising spot and grow your brand in the new year.
- PA Times Online Email and Website
Distributed via email to 12,000 people per edition with a 37 percent open rate
85 percent of website viewers are new
Email and web placement: $2,150 per month (discount applied: $1,612.50)
Purchase this pair for six months: $10,000 (discount applied: $7,500)
- ASPA's Website
Accessed by 30,000 unique viewers per month
82 percent of viewers are new
Side navigation placement: $2,290 per month (discount applied: $1,717.50)
Purchase this for six months: $12,000 (discount applied: $9,000)
- This Newsletter, Bridge!
Distributed via email to 15,000 people per edition with a 45 percent open rate
Ad to be included in edition when archived for long-term exposure
Top placement: $780 per edition (discount applied: $585)
Purchase this for six months: $7,500 (discount applied: $5,625)
Contact ASPA's Karen Garrett to book any ASPA advertising spots or for further information.
*Ad reservation discounts do not include conference placements.
Support Your Students with a Group Membership in ASPA
A new year and a new semester means it's time to welcome new students, interns and employees to your university, agency or nonprofit organization. Start their time in public administration with ASPA membership and help them gain the information and tools they need for long-term success, all while building a personal network to help them throughout their career.
ASPA offers group memberships for any organization that has 10 or more individuals who are interested in joining. Members receive a $10 discount on their membership package—approximately a month of free membership services. Contact us for more information or to get started on signing up your group!
Thank you to the following organizations that are starting 2024 with a group membership.
- Albany State University
- California State University—Dominguez Hills
- Evergreen State College
- Hawaii Pacific University
- National University of Mongolia
- Sacred Heart University
- Shih Hsin University
- University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
- University of Arkansas Little Rock
- University of Hawaii
- University of Illinois Chicago
- University of Maryland, College Park
- University of New Orleans
- University of Tennessee
Establishing and Maintaining an Ethical Public Service Culture: Special Issue in Commemoration of the 25th Anniversary of SEIGov
The Section on Ethics and Integrity in Governance (SEIGov) is proud to work with Public Integrity for SEIGov’s 25th anniversary celebration. SEIGov focuses on professionalism in both technical competence and moral character by cultivating ethical issues pertinent to the field. The overall goal of SEIGov is to promote ethical administrators, organizations and cultures.
In honor of the organization and journal’s matching goals of promoting ethics and integrity in governance matters, we are sending out a Call for Papers that address how to establish or maintain a public service culture steeped in ethics. Culture can be examined at various levels such as organizational or socio-cultural. We welcome papers that bring diverse, comparative and/or international perspectives on this topic, and encourage submissions from various methodologies.
Prospective authors should submit a 500-word proposal to Cindy Davis by February 9, 2024. Complete papers must be submitted by April 15, 2024. Final drafts are due August 12, 2024. Proposal acceptance does not indicate the complete paper will be accepted for publication. All papers will go through Public Integrity’s peer review process.
JSEPA 2:1 Is Out
The most recent edition of the Journal of Social Equity in Public Administration (JSEPA) has been released. Volume 2, issue 1 includes research and reviews from an array of equity-minded scholars, covering topics such as COVID-19 vaccine sharing across nations, Black representation in foreign policy, equity in death and burial services, racial healing and much, much more. JSEPA is open access; please share articles with your colleagues, students and social media followers.
National Civic League All-America City Award
The National Civic League (NCL) is accepting applications for the 2024 All-America City Award. With a rich history dating back to 1949, this award has been honoring communities that harness the power of civic engagement, collaboration, inclusivity and innovation to effectively tackle local challenges.
The 2024 theme, "Strengthening Democracy through Local Action and Innovation," aims to spotlight communities bolstering democratic processes through innovations such as making it easier to vote, engage in community affairs and participate in leadership roles.
The deadline for optional letters of intent to apply has passed; final applications must be submitted by February 13, 2024. NCL will announce the top 20 finalists in March, who will have the opportunity to convene in Denver, Colorado, from June 7-9, 2024, to showcase their community's achievements at the All-America City Award event. Don't miss your chance to shine on this national stage!
For additional information, watch this informational webinar and download the 2023 application.
Public Administration Today Highlight
Public Administration Today features white papers, research and blogs from across the profession. If you're interested in more—especially your own curated news feed in your inbox every week—visit the website, create an account and check off your interest areas so you can stay up to date about the latest research being released!
Foster Positive Relationships at Camp with Fun Social Skills Lessons
Via Summer Camp Pro: Let’s talk about social skills—those essential abilities that help us interact with others in positive and respectful ways. Social skills are not always easy to learn, especially for kids who have different needs and preferences. That’s why it’s important to incorporate some fun and engaging social skills lessons into your camp activities.
Tips, Resources and the Fun Stuff
News Literacy Is Essential. Here’s How to Make It Work for Students.
More and more, policymakers are recognizing the need to help students learn to navigate a chaotic media environment. There are three main elements to effectively implementing these mandates in classrooms.
You’re Emailing Wrong at Work. Follow This Etiquette Guide.
Get the most out of your work email and avoid being a jerk with these etiquette tips for the modern workplace
In the News
Today's headlines contain plenty of news coverage of some of our nation's most pressing public administration challenges. ASPA has curated some of the most important stories from recent weeks. If you have not seen these yet, make sure you read them now!
Tell Me Something Good...
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Title: Seraphina’s Revolution
Author: Sheena Hutchinson
Genre: YA Paranormal Romance
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Publication Date: March 18th, 2019
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Seraphina Cross had always wished for the life she’d always dreamed of. One must be careful what they wish for. Unfortunately, she’s gotten all she’s ever dreamed of and more.
Seraphina has gone head to head with Lucifer and his minions. Now, she’s feeling the casualties of siding against him. All her intense power is useless against grief and remorse. Struggling to keep her emotions in check, Nate once again comes to her rescue to keep her head above water. Keeping her darkness at bay, he resumes his position as the one pillar of strength in Seraphina’s life.
But, what happens when he too disappears?
Seraphina’s life is once again thrown into a whirlwind of chaos. As the darkness within her returns, new friends appear and an old friend returns home. Seraphina must figure out who can be trusted. On top of everything, those pesky dreams return. But, what she sees cannot be unseen. Will Seraphina be strong enough to resist temptation? Can she keep her Demons under control long enough to save the world or will it define her?
The time has come. Seraphina’s Revolution is here. Alliances will be forged. Sacrifices must be made. In the fight between good and evil—there are no more rules. This is war.
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Sheena is a born and raised New Yorker, who followed her happily ever after to a much more rural town in Maine. When she’s not driving an hour to find a Starbucks or running from bugs that are way too big for her taste, she’s focusing on writing stories that empower and inspire.
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Silence fills Seraphina’s ears swallowing up the voices. Her mouth was open with laughter now clamps shut. She’s falling. Falling fast. Her arms reach for something, anything before clawing at her throat. It burns. Bubbles fly out as she attempts to scream. Help! Anyone help me! No one comes. No one ever comes. She grows light and lighter still. The bubbles slow until they eventually stop completely.
An image flashes against her mind, tiny face and blue lips under the clear water.
Seraphina’s eyes fly open. She was reliving it again. Reliving what she had allowed herself to become. She will never forget the time she spend as a Demon, that has become is her cross to bear. That’s when they come. Creeping up on her like shadows after the sunset. They echo louder and louder inside her mind. Her hands clamp down on her ears trying to drown them out. It doesn’t work. It never does. Screams of terror fill her. They used to fuel her power, now they only haunt her soul.
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Our “Thrill of Creation” exhibit was a hit at PACK EXPO 2019!
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Thai Airways orders 45 new planes
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Thailand's national carrier Thai Airways has reportedly placed an order for 45 B-787 aircraft. The order would also contain an option that provides for the potential purchase of another 25 aircraft of the same model, increasing the volume of the request to approximately 80 aircraft.
It was revealed by the "Reuters" news agency, which relaunched the rumors that appeared in some Thai media. According to the latter, the agreement will be made official by the end of February 2024. A contract for the purchase of 45 B-787s is already present in the public order book of the Boeing Group, but the name of the customer does not appear. In this regard, the American manufacturer has neither denied nor confirmed.
It is a move with which the airline aims to satisfy the growing demand for international travel from its customers. The Thai Airways company today has a fleet of 70 aircraft in service: 20 A-320/200s, then 17 A-350s, to which are added 22 B-777s and 8 B-787s, finally three A-330s; to these are added another 24 aircraft still to be delivered.
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Air France-KLM Group has finalized an order for more than 120 GTF engines to power a fleet of 60 Airbus A220-300 aircraft. These engines will be supported by Pratt & Whitney through a long-term comprehensive service agreement, with engine maintenance planned to be carried out by AFI KLM E&M.The first aircraft is scheduled to be delivered in September 2021.
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Can we talk about hair for a second? All I wanted for so many years was to have my long hair back and while I'm so grateful to have hair again sometimes I miss showering my bald head (when I actually made it to the shower...ha) and then throwing on the wig of my choice for the day. Am I the only one?
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I've been out of my surgery for so long I had no idea the toll a Disneyland trip would take on my leg! It turns out that our two days in the park this weekend was the furthest I've walked in the last 7 years. I'm glad I was able to let go of my pride and finally ask for a wheelchair by the middle of our second day--but I'm not gonna lie, it was hard for me! I barely ever run into situations where I feel that limited anymore. Definitely grateful for this body of mine that can still do so much, and practicing gratitude towards this leg that keeps me from getting too ahead of myself.
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Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson Are Back in L.A. After Coronavirus Scare
16 days after they first announced their coronavirus diagnosis, Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson were now well enough to fly home to Los Angeles. Hanks and Wilson were in Australia, where Hanks was filming a new Elvis Presley biopic with Baz Luhrmann when he and Wilson began feeling sick. In his initial post on his illness, Hanks described it as feeling “a bit tired, like we had colds, and some body aches.” They were admitted to the hospital and tested positive for coronavirus.
Hanks provided several updates during their recovery; after several days of supervision, the couple was released from the hospital and allowed to remain in home isolation in Australia about 11 days ago. At a certain point, Wilson was even well enough to do this...
Hanks’ last update on his health came on March 17; ten days later the couple was able to return home to the United States. As reported by TMZ, they were seen leaving the Van Nuys Airport on Friday. Here’s a picture from TMZ of the couple looking reasonably well, all things considered.
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It sounds like it’s the plot summary of an episode of Law and Order: SVU. Since 2009, hundreds of Thai women have been enslaved in a sex trafficking ring across 11 states – including right here in the Chicago area.
Unfortunately, this isn’t a TV show. It’s real life. Which means we’re dealing with serious criminal allegations.
Supposedly, hundreds of women from Thailand were trafficked to cities across the United States for prostitution purposes. The women were held on over $60,000 of bondage debt. That’s when a person agrees to provide work or services in exchange for the repayment of a debt or some other obligation. To pay for their passage to the United States, these Thai women allegedly had to engage in daily prostitution.
Obviously, it is illegal to force people to be prostitutes, so that’s one crime. Then, along with sex trafficking, the perpetrators also had to launder the money coming in so it would appear as if they received it from a legitimate source.
Six Chicago area suspects were taken into federal custody, including two women and one man who served as house bosses, and three other men who served as facilitators. All six were charged with:
- One count of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking;
- One count of conspiracy to commit transportation to engage in prostitution;
- One count of conspiracy to engage in money laundering; and
- One count of conspiracy to use a communications facility to promote prostitution.
So sex trafficking is a crime, but what exactly are the specific Illinois laws and penalties for sex trafficking?
Involuntary Servitude and Trafficking: Laws
Illinois law is very detailed when it comes to involuntary servitude and trafficking, saying:
A person commits involuntary servitude when he or she knowingly subjects, attempts to subject, or engages in a conspiracy to subject another person to labor or services obtained or maintained through:
- Causing or threatening physical harm;
- Physical restraint;
- Tampering with a passport, immigration document, or ID;
- Exerting financial control; and
- Making the debtor believe they will suffer serious harm if they don’t perform the labor or services.
Under this law, “labor” means work of economic or financial value, and “services” means activities resulting from a relationship between a person and the actor in which the person performs activities under the supervision of or for the benefit of the actor. Commercial sexual activity – prostitution – is an activity that is considered “services.”
A person commits trafficking in persons when he or she knowingly:
- Recruits, entices, harbors, transports, provides, or obtains by any means, or attempts to recruit, entice, harbor, transport, provide, or obtain by any means, another person, intending or knowing that the person will be subjected to involuntary servitude; or
- Benefits, financially or by receiving anything of value, from participation in a venture that has engaged in an act of involuntary servitude or involuntary sexual servitude of a minor.
Involuntary Servitude and Trafficking: Penalties
All involuntary servitude and sex trafficking crimes are felonies, but the class of felony can differ.
For example, if you threaten or cause physical harm, you can be charged with a Class X felony, punishable by 6-30 years in prison. However, if you damage someone’s passport or government-issued ID, you will be charged with a Class 3 felony, punishable by 2-5 years in prison. Exerting financial control is a Class 4 felony, punishable by 1-3 years in prison.
Trafficking in persons is a Class 1 felony, punishable by 4-15 years in prison.
As you can see, sex trafficking and involuntary servitude are serious crimes with severe penalties. If you want any chance of getting these charges reduced, dropped, or dismissed, reach out to an experienced Chicago defense attorney for the best possible outcome.
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If you have recently been charged with insurance fraud in Illinois, it helps to know the most common types of fraud the Illinois court system handles. In this post, we will detail fraud charges for you and let you know how to get help.
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Insurance companies lose $80 billion every year due to fraudulent insurance claims. That’s why law enforcement officials are looking for those who commit the most common types of insurance fraud. Here’s a list for you.
Vehicle Insurance Fraud
This type of fraud often occurs with vehicle accidents. The owner’s car may have gotten scratched or damaged in an accident. He or she reports the damage to his insurance company and collects the payment but never fixes the vehicle. Another type of fraud is hiding the vehicle and collecting money as if the vehicle was stolen.
Sometimes people will even stage a car accident to commit fraud. Several people may be involved in the fraud, or simply the driver. At other times, insurance adjusters are in on the fraud.
Bottom line? Anyone who reports damage that wasn’t truly an accident or inflates vehicle value could be charged with insurance fraud.
Health Insurance Fraud
Health care providers are sometimes involved in health insurance fraud. They may overbill for a provided service or bill for a service that was never performed. Patients are not necessarily aware of the fraud because it is not reflected in their billing.
Another way health care providers commit fraud is by ordering tests that are not medically necessary. Additional testing is how some health care providers get more money from insurance companies.
Home Insurance Fraud
Staged acts in residences are a typical form of home insurance fraud. An owner may stage an act of vandalism, a water leak, a fire, or other damage to collect insurance payments. Some homeowners list valuable items on their policy, then destroy the items to collect money.
If the owner possesses an abandoned home, arson is a common way to collect insurance payouts. When an owner cannot make payments on a home or cannot find renters, fire is sometimes used as a solution.
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When people rent, they can purchase renter’s insurance to protect their belongings. Then, when they decide to move, they may sell or destroy their belongings to collect insurance payments.
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Ones arrival at Azure reflects your pride of ownership as you are met by a cascading water feature that embraces the entrance to an elegant lobby lounge. A greeting from your dedicated concierge enhances the experience of a soothing and convenient lifestyle for which Azure is exclusively designed. This is what you have earned. This is what you deserve. | <urn:uuid:dc58ebe5-2ae4-4258-a363-4f6539cf41c1> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://azureatsouthgate.com/homes/?lang=ko | 2024-02-20T22:12:34Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947473347.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20240220211055-20240221001055-00001.warc.gz | en | 0.933553 | 180 |
Dear Grandma Maggie,
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Clipper Round the World Race: 70-Year-Old Father to Take Part
The Clipper Round the World race attracts all sorts of entrants and a father from Wales is set to be the oldest person to yet take part. Kevin Smith turned 70 earlier this year and is preparing to join the yachts in the challenging circumnavigation of the globe, raising thousands of pounds for charity along the way.
The race is described as 'an endurance test like no other' but that certainly hasn't daunted the pensioner, who is married to wife Joan and has two children, Rob and Alyn. Mr Smith is no stranger to a life on the ocean wave, after having served many years in the Royal Navy. Last year, Mr Smith was diagnosed with cataracts and underwent two surgeries to correct the problem: he now hopes to raise a massive £33,000 for the Abergele Eye Unit where he was treated.
Mr Smith said: “I joined the Royal Navy in 1965. In the past, I wanted to do the Whitbread Round the World Race but I had an injury and unfortunately wasn't selected. So it has been on my mind since. I have spent a lot of time at sea and have been around the world twice. I had cataract surgery at Abergele Eye Unit on one eye which allowed me to undergo the training. My sight is amazing now and it seems such a simple operation. I asked if I could do something to say thank you, I wanted to give something back.”
Mr Smith said that he was feeling 'excited' ahead of the race and mentioned how much he had always loved the sea. He completed the gruelling race training, much of which involved the safety of the boat, how to rig it and what to do in the event of someone falling overboard. “The experience itself will be hard, it is not a holiday,” he said, “it involves cooking and living in close quarters. We all have to get on with each other and the boat will be at 45 degrees most of the time."
The Clipper Race will see 11 racing yachts attempting to cover a record-breaking 40,000 nautical miles, with between 9 and 20 people making up the crew of each boat. Though participants can choose to take part in any individual race from the 13-16 planned over eight legs, Mr Smith hopes to complete the entire circumnavigation.
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The Freeform Solutions website was built in-house originally on Drupal 6. It was upgraded to Drupal 7 and finally upgraded to Backdrop CMS.
We chose Backdrop because it is based on a mature project with a large depth of modules and functionality. And we chose it because we are also providing services of building and maintaining Backdrop sites and upgrading from Drupal 7 to Backdrop. It made sense to eat our own dog food. | <urn:uuid:f646d6ee-cc36-415f-983e-f86ba52ae503> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://backdropcms.org/showcase/freeform-solutions | 2024-02-20T21:54:27Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947473347.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20240220211055-20240221001055-00001.warc.gz | en | 0.981972 | 87 |
Philip is one of the most sought after comperes and opening acts working on the UK comedy circuit today.
He has most recently been gigging throughout the UK, as well as a few appearances in New York, Scandinavia, the Middle East and Auckland where he headlined at The Classic.
He has also performed at a number of corporate events and private parties.
As well as many gigs around the UK for promoters such as JokeKlub, Comedy Knights and Great Comedy Nights, he has worked regularly at London-based venues including Covent Garden Comedy, Backyard Comedy and The Comedy Cafe (where he won their New Act night twice in 2012 & 2013). He was the final record breaking act on stage as the Guinness World Record for the longest stand up gig was broken in Portsmouth and has recently been working as a rehearsal guest on BBC TV’s Mock the Week and Taskmaster for Dave.
As well as writing sketches for BBC Radio 4 Xtra’s Newsjack and The Canal Cafe’s Newsrevue, Philip is in high demand as a regular contributor of material to other comedians on the circuit, working with them to edit existing jokes and create new concepts.
SEMI-FINALIST in the Amused Moose Laugh Off 2016
Jewish Comedian of the Year 2015
WINNER of the Lastminute Comedy/Kill for a Seat Comedian of the Year 2015
WINNER of the Lastminute Comedy Vic’s Comedian of the Year 2015
Finalist in the Comedy Knights’ Fresh Comedian of the Year 2014
Semi-Finalist in the Montreux Comedy Festival Competition 2014
Winner of the Comedy Cafe New Act Night – April 2012
Finalist in the Golden Jester New Act Competition 2012
Winner of the Comedy Cafe New Act Night – October 2011
‘Polished performer who makes everyday subjects funny, even though we sometimes may be embarassed to laugh at his subject ‘matter. Excellent stuff…Superb stage presence, very professional and a little bit naughty!’ (Alan Sellers, Great Comedy Nights)
‘A delightfully polished performer with a flair for observational humour. His twisted take on the everyday has seen him become established as a darn fine opening act with a laconic delivery that is a joy to behold.’ (Anthony J Brown, Stage Fright Comedy)
‘Philip Simon’s set is a joy. A wry observation of life as a nice Jewish boy…Very funny indeed.’ (Cotswold Comedy Club) | <urn:uuid:9a1b8985-6777-4d1e-ac04-2cb509f23e88> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://backyardcomedyclub.co.uk/comedians/philip-simon/ | 2024-02-20T22:20:25Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947473347.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20240220211055-20240221001055-00001.warc.gz | en | 0.956396 | 524 |
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We recently shipped a feature which allows you to pass an arbitrary filter to the GitHub tag and release badges. The
filter param can be used to apply a filter to the project's tag or release names before selecting the latest from the list. Two constructs are available:
* is a wildcard matching zero or more characters, and if the pattern starts with a
!, the whole pattern is negated.
To give an example of how this might be useful, we create two types of tags on our GitHub repo: https://github.com/badges/shields/tags There are tags in the format
major.minor.patch which correspond to our NPM package releases and tags in the format
server-YYYY-MM-DD that correspond to our docker snapshot releases.
In our case, this would allow us to make a badge that applies the filter
!server-* to filter out the snapshot tags and just select the latest package tag. | <urn:uuid:a9ed19b3-fc14-47e8-ae11-7c847c5e8d38> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://badges.genua.fr/blog | 2024-02-20T21:52:28Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947473347.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20240220211055-20240221001055-00001.warc.gz | en | 0.839603 | 196 |
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Weddings are special occasion for the bride and groom and their loved ones. Couples publicly displays their vows during the wedding ceremony. Many couples use weddings as an opportunity to declare their love and commitment to one another. Vows exchanged during a wedding ceremony are special because they are a public declaration of the couples commitment to their marriage journey. Therefore there is need to ensure that you take your vows in a special venue with a good looking reception. Some people might think that once they have planned for their wedding ceremony, preparing for a reception will be a walk over. However, organizing the party portion of a wedding day requires a lot of work. The wedding plans entails a lot from vendors, venues, menu selection and the reception decor. All this planning needs collaboration, attention to detail so as to ensure you end up with the best choices for all that is needed.
Having a reception tips for your wedding will be important and help you get the best that you need. Below are some of the factors to consider when choosing your wedding reception today. First of all, it is important to know how you want your reception to look and feel as well, this will help you narrowing your lists down so that you can be able to make the decisions easily. It is important to know how many guests will attend so that you can be able to choose a right size of the space and plan well on the menu and the supplier. Also, it is great to know how long you will need the reception and the event that will take place on that day so that you know the reception that will serve all that you have in mind for that occasion. It is great to know that once you are aware of the guests that will attend the wedding and the reception that you will rent you will need to know how much you will have to spend. This will help you avoid any monetary surprise later by spending on what you have on your budget only. It is well to know that when planning for a wedding reception you should consider the experience you wish for your guest to have on that special day.
To make your wedding day memorable you should know what to serve at your reception and how your reception should look. The location of the reception is yet another thing that you should consider when planning or choosing your wedding reception. The location of the reception should be a place that you and your guests will be able to access easily. Considering what the reception can provide will be important so that you do not have to spend on things that can be offered by the host, such as chairs and decorations. It is great to know the rules and regulations of the reception before choosing the place so that you know if you will be comfortable with their rules if you rent the reception for your wedding ceremony. Having the above tips you will end up in the best reception that will be memorable. | <urn:uuid:3f42a60a-9932-40a2-94e5-6d52b8633d51> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://bafsids.info/9-lessons-learned/ | 2024-02-20T21:51:22Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947473347.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20240220211055-20240221001055-00001.warc.gz | en | 0.97054 | 567 |
Credit Hire Agreement Signed After Hire Ended: A Guide to Your Legal Rights
If you are involved in a road traffic accident that was not your fault, you may be entitled to a credit hire agreement. This is an agreement between you and a hire company whereby you can rent a car while yours is being repaired or replaced. The cost of the hire car is then reclaimed from the at-fault party`s insurance company.
However, what happens if you sign a credit hire agreement after the hire period has ended? This can happen if you do not realize the full extent of the damage to your vehicle or the length of time it will take to be repaired. It can also happen if your insurance company is slow to arrange a hire car for you.
If you find yourself in this situation, it is important to know your legal rights. Here are some key points to consider:
1. The duration of the hire period
When you sign a credit hire agreement, you will agree to a specific hire period. This is typically the length of time it takes for your own vehicle to be repaired or replaced. If you sign an agreement after this period has ended, you may not be covered for the full cost of the hire car. You will need to negotiate with the hire company and the at-fault party`s insurance company to ensure that you are not left out of pocket.
2. The terms of the agreement
Check the terms of the credit hire agreement carefully. Make sure you understand the terms and conditions, including the cost of the hire car, the excess payable, and any other fees or charges. If you have any questions or concerns, speak to the hire company or seek legal advice.
3. Your duty to mitigate
Under UK law, you have a duty to mitigate your losses. This means that you must take reasonable steps to minimize the cost of your claim. If you sign a credit hire agreement after the hire period has ended, you may be seen as failing to mitigate your losses. This could affect the amount of compensation you receive.
4. Insurance company approval
If you sign a credit hire agreement after the hire period has ended, your insurance company may not approve the claim. This is because they have a duty to mitigate their own losses. If they believe that you have not taken reasonable steps to minimize the cost of your claim, they may refuse to pay for the hire car.
5. Seeking legal advice
If you are unsure about your legal rights or are having difficulty negotiating with the hire company or insurance company, seek legal advice. A solicitor can help you understand your rights and negotiate on your behalf.
In conclusion, if you sign a credit hire agreement after the hire period has ended, you may not be covered for the full cost of the hire car. It is important to understand your legal rights and take steps to mitigate your losses. If you need help and advice, speak to a solicitor who specializes in road traffic accidents and credit hire agreements. | <urn:uuid:4d319914-5a91-44a6-90a0-75080aa614f7> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://bahrainbunkering.com/index.php/2022/06/03/credit-hire-agreement-signed-after-hire-ended/ | 2024-02-20T21:13:21Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947473347.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20240220211055-20240221001055-00001.warc.gz | en | 0.960798 | 605 |
Emulsifiers are added into cosmetic products in order to mix substances which form unstable compounds. They can be either natural or artificial.
Natural emulsifiers include lecithin, lanolin and beeswax. Animal lecithin is a bit heavy for skin while vegetable one is possible to be used.
Lecithin and lanolin can serve as a base and as an emulsifier at the same time. Natural emulsifiers are rather heavy for the skin. That is why sometimes it is impossible to make your cosmetics absolutely natural. When the cream is unstable it can look ugly, though possessing all the right properties. Sometimes there can appear a border between oil and water layers where germs may proliferate. This fact is also very unpleasant.
That is why the choice of emulsifier should be done really carefully. Feelings after the application of cosmetic product, lightness, absorption, stability of the emulsion depend on it. The description of the emulsifier usually contains the percentage of input, the perfect temperature for it to be dissolved and what emulsions it is meant for.
Here is the description of the most popular emulsifiers:
- 1. Ester de sucre is a good emulsifier. It hardly influences the absorption of the cream that is why it is suitable for light day creams.
- 2. Nikolipid consists of batyl alcohol and purified soybean lecithin. It can be added into moisturizing creams and masks, because structure of the emulsifier is similar to sebum. It also causes anti-inflammatory effect on the skin and improves its texture.
- 3. Montanov is a nonionic emulsifier of new generation based on fatty alcohols obtained from plants. It is used for creation of emulsions with liquid crystals.
- 4. The most widespread basic emulsifier is Glyceryl monostearate. It doesn’t contain any additives that may irritate or damage your skin. Despite the fact that it is considered to be natural emulsifier it can also be obtained synthetically. That is why it is not referred to the most ecological cosmetic ingredients.
- 5. Emulsan emulsifier consists of grape sugar and vegetable fat (palmitic and stearic fatty acids). It is suitable for all types of skin because it makes it smooth, protected and moisturized.
- 6. Simulgel makes the texture of the cosmetic product soft and gentle. The most important thing is that you don’t need to heat it. Simple stirring is enough. It can be perfectly emulsified with aloe and hazelnut oil.
- 7. Tegomuls emulsifier is made of sea weeds. Creams and lotions containing it are very light and pleasant. They are easily absorbed by skin and don’t leave oily membrane. In combination with shea butter or cetyl alcohol perfect result can be obtained.
- 8. Cosmetic lecithin is obtained from yolks of chicken eggs, sunflower seeds and soybeans. In cosmetic industry it can be used either as an active supplement or as an emulsifier. As an active supplement in cosmetics lecithin is used as softening, restorative and moisturizing substance, which prevents from evaporation of moisture, activates lipid metabolism in the skin, softens it and improves functioning of the sebaceous glands.
- 9. Beeswax is used in preparation of such handmade cosmetic products as:
– creams and lotions
– softening and protective creams
– lip balms
– products for nail care
- 10. Wheaten emulsifier creates perfect texture of creams and foams for cleansing. It doesn’t delaminate and can be stored for a long time. It is a mixture of vegetable sugars which are obtained from wheat bran and fatty alcohol of palm oil.
As you see emulsifier is an irreplaceable ingredient for any handmade cosmetic product. You can choose the one that is suitable for you. | <urn:uuid:3cb5471b-cdba-4f04-a1eb-c6840aba8a50> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://bajukoe.com/what-emulsifiers-can-be-used-in-handmade-cosmetics | 2024-02-20T22:43:34Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947473347.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20240220211055-20240221001055-00001.warc.gz | en | 0.932157 | 842 |
Hoarding in the Time of Corona
I have been trying to figure out what to say to make this time manageable for you, so I decided on just telling my story and my truth. Today, I will go over a few tips on how to reframe the situation and get ready for Pesach. If you need some one-on-one help decluttering – reach out – let’s do my Done In a Day Declutter!
Key Takeaways To Tune In For:
- [04:30] Everyone is home right now, and even though we pick things up off the floor each night, my house could still be cleaner.
- [08:44] When the situation for stay at home orders began, I made a schedule for us to follow every day. This worked for a while and then each of my kids have their own responsibilities with school work.
- [16:55] I have received a lot of messages from people who have lost their jobs and they are not decluttering and they want to keep things just in case.
- [17:49] I believe that we always have what we need, and I find that I need to remind myself of this, especially now.
- [21:56] What I believe is that this is a call to strengthen our connection to our spirit and soul and focus less on the physical stuff we have in our life.
- [23:37] How much food to have on hand at this time of quarantine.
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In the world of systems programming, where performance and reliability are critical, Rust is quickly emerging as a top choice for developers. But what makes Rust so special, and why is it poised to become the future of systems programming?
First and foremost, Rust is designed with safety and security in mind. Unlike other systems programming languages, Rust offers strong memory safety guarantees, making it much harder to introduce security vulnerabilities or experience unexpected crashes. This is achieved through Rust’s ownership and borrowing model, which allows for precise control over the lifetime and scope of variables, and eliminates common problems like null or dangling pointer errors.
Another key advantage of Rust is its focus on performance. The language is designed to allow for efficient and low-level control over system resources, making it possible to write high-performance code that can rival that of traditional systems programming languages like C or C++. This, combined with its strong safety guarantees, makes Rust a great choice for applications that require both performance and security, such as operating systems, web browsers, and game engines.
In addition to its performance and safety features, Rust is also known for its strong and supportive community. The Rust community is active and welcoming and is constantly working to improve the language and its ecosystem. This includes the development of powerful libraries and tools, such as the popular Cargo package manager, that makes it easier for developers to get started with Rust and build great applications.
Finally, Rust is also highly portable and can be used on a wide range of platforms, including Windows, macOS, Linux, and many others. This makes it a great choice for building cross-platform applications that can run on multiple systems with little to no modification.
Rust has become a favourite language among developers, especially among the Stack Overflow community. In recent years, Rust has consistently been ranked as one of the most loved programming languages on Stack Overflow’s annual Developer Survey, with a large and active community of developers who are passionate about using and promoting the language. This has resulted in a wealth of resources, tutorials, and discussion forums, making it easier for new developers to learn Rust and get started building their own projects. The language’s focus on performance, safety, and reliability, combined with its strong community, has made Rust a top choice for many developers and has established it as a staple in the world of systems programming.
In conclusion, Rust is a modern and powerful programming language that offers a unique combination of performance, safety, and community. With its growing popularity and expanding ecosystem, it is clear that Rust is the future of systems programming and a must-know language for any developer looking to build high-performance and secure applications. | <urn:uuid:d15f5c0a-90db-4e8f-a307-be537087389a> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://balamurali.me/blog/rust/why-rust-is-the-future-of-systems-programming/ | 2024-02-20T21:29:18Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947473347.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20240220211055-20240221001055-00001.warc.gz | en | 0.962668 | 541 |
CAM RANH, Vietnam (May 21, 2020) — Alma, a 196-pavilion and 384-suite resort that commands 74 acres of beachfront, 14 sublime food and beverage outlets and a cascade of 12 beachfront swimming pools, will open in Vietnam’s new “it” destination on May 31.
Bold, spacious and emblematic of Vietnam’s maturation as a destination, the independently owned and operated luxury resort is breaking new ground in Cam Ranh, a peninsula on Vietnam’s south-central coast that first found fame as Southeast Asia’s greatest deepwater harbor and is now rising as an upscale alternative to nearby Nha Trang.
Alma has unveiled an awe-inspiring host of world-class facilities, such as an eclectic selection of restaurants helmed by leading chefs, a food court with an array of local and international cuisine, a classical bar, pool bar and beach bar, and mini supermarket. Other drawing cards include a science museum, waterpark, 13-treatment room spa, art gallery, cinema, convention centre, amphitheatre, youth centre with virtual reality games, kid’s club, water sports centre, gymnasium and yoga room and an 18-hole putting green.
After opening in December 2019 for the Vietnamese market, the resort’s opening to the international market was delayed due to the onset of COVID-19 and Vietnam closing its borders to international arrivals. Vietnam opened up domestic air routes on April 16 and is looking forward to a resumption of arrivals from abroad possibly from July.
As a complement to Cam Ranh’s aquamarine waters and dramatic headlands, Alma’s design sets a contemporary tone with a neutral palette of whites, earthy colours and soft blues, accentuated with modern yet minimalist decor. Floor-to-roof glass panels usher in an abundance of natural light in the resort’s 580 oversized accommodations that all afford spectacular vistas of Long Beach, where sampans and coracles ply the waters and islands loom offshore.
“With a broad spectrum of inspiring things to see and do, this ambitious resort is emblematic of what Vietnam is just now becoming — a destination not merely for travelers but for people on holiday,” said General Manager Herbert Laubichler-Pichler, an Austrian hospitality veteran with life-long experience including 14 years in Vietnam managing three of the country’s most acclaimed hotels.
Alma’s nine categories of spacious accommodations include one-, two- and three-bedroom ocean view suites spanning 71, 114 and 165sqm respectively, and the two- and three-bedroom ocean view and ocean front pavilions ranging from 144 to 224sqm. All suites and villas feature master bedrooms with soaking bathtubs and separate rainwater showers, huge living rooms with massive sofas, kitchens and dining areas. The three-bedroom pavilions and two-bedroom ground floor pavilions boast private swimming pools, and the two-bedroom upper floor pavilions feature private jacuzzis. Inland from the villas, the suites are housed in two V-shaped towers, affording panoramic sea views.
Fourteen diverse food and beverage venues entice diners from outlets casual enough for gourmet burgers and refined enough for a grand piano. Alma Garden beats at the heart of the resort with live cooking stations that evoke a marketplace atmosphere. Asiana brings the finest in modern Asian cuisine to Cam Ranh, and Atlantis, with its vast deck for al fresco dining that sits above Alma’s strand, specialises in fresh local seafood. Serving evening meals in true Tuscan style direct from its open kitchen, the sophisticated Italian trattoria La Casa prepares a wide selection of classic Italian dishes. Alma Food Court is a happening culinary hub with six different food outlets, and the resort’s rousing bar landscape comprises Alma Lounge, American Bar, Pool Bar and Beach Bar.
In 13 separate treatment villas named after Vietnamese flowers, Le Spa leverages Aromatherapy Associates product for treatments that range from massages and facials, to body wraps and scrubs to nail care and hair care.
The 12 pools cascading down to the beach include a 75-metre beachfront pool for laps and an adults-only pool. Cabanas and loungers dot the pools’ terraces. A lazy river runs through Alma’s 6000sqm Splash Water Park, which also features a wave pool, kid’s pool, water slides, and two American-style food trucks.
Adjacent to a huge kids-only pool with fountains and water games, the Kids’ Club is home to trampolines, ball pens, climbing frames and arts and crafts. The Active Youth Club lures teens with virtual reality games, table football and billiards tables.
One of the first of its kind in Vietnam, the Science Museum promotes interactive learning through exhibits focused on discoveries that changed the world such as electricity generation, moving images, magnetic fields, pulley systems and more. Seating 400, Alma Amphitheater hosts live concerts and cultural shows, and the Alma Convention Center is comparable to convention centres found in major cities worldwide. A 70-seat cinema, complete with a popcorn concession, airs three films daily, and the art gallery sells works by local artists and holds art classes.
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On Saturday, we started the day early and headed out to Lake Louise. As we were driving along, the thermostat kept dropping and then we noticed that the overflow ponds and creeks beside the river were frozen. Ah....June in the Rockies. Despite this -2c start to our "summer" day, it turned out to be a perfect weather day.
Keith, Steve, Mike, Phil, Tannis and myself started from the Lake Louise ski hill and ran into the Ptarmigan and Baker Lakes area. From there, we parted ways, with Keith and Tannis visiting Skoki Lodge and the rest of us going to Pulsatilla Pass.
That's me and my honey off in the distance with Redoubt Mountain lurking behind us. I was super excited for this trip, because we were going to try something BIG. A long and challenging run that would take us 72 km through some remote backcountry, from Lake Louise all the way to Banff. There was also a section of trail that I had never travelled before, that of Pulsatilla Pass. It is situated far in the backcountry 25 km away from any trailhead, in the heart of grizzly bear country. We followed the frozen foot prints of a giant beast for many kilometres and saw diggings everywhere. The bears had been doing some serious excavating.
Phil, breaking wind. Wait. That was me.
Phil had decided on a new experiment in "fueling for the long run" which was to purchase some very cheap and tasty Little Caesars Pizza. It kept us happy and running, but there were some highly toxic side effects. Sorry guys.
Despite enjoying a great day, I was feeling a little rough and decided to bail out at the 50km mark. I emerged back into civilisation at Johnson's Canyon trail head, which was a little shocking as it is a busy place on a Saturday. The last few kilometres on the trail, I saw a couple of girls in string bikini's and flip-flops, one guy hiking with a Ghetto Blaster (do they still call them that?) and 3 ex-coworkers from Melissa's Restaurant smoking weed in the bushes. Keep on rockin' the free world, dudes.
It was an easy hitchhike back to Banff and I made it back to town just in time to enjoy a BBQ down by the river to celebrate a friends wedding. I'm glad I cut it short. The boys took a few more hours to finish their epic day, to round up a solid 12 fun hours on the trail. Nice work boys. What an epic run. Keith and Tannis did 37km and got treats at Skoki.
It's nice that there are always new trails to enjoy in Banff National Park. Summer has arrived and I am so fortunate to live and play here!
Steve's photos here.
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